Landscape Architecture

Sunset Western Garden Book 8TH Edition
by Sunset

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Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking edition of the bible of Western gardening. With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings--500 of... (read more)
 
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General

Inside the Not So Big House: Discovering the Details That Bring a Home to Life
by Sarah Susanka

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In her latest book, best-selling author of The Not So Big House Sarah Susanka teams up with architectural design writer Marc Vassallo to expand upon the message that has resonated with over a million homeowners and builders across the country: opting for... (read more)
 
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Reference

The Architecture of Happiness
by Alain de Botton

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The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations. One of the great but often unmentioned causes of... (read more)
 
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Pocket Books

The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
by George Howe Colt

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In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty... (read more)
 
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Green Architecture

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough and Michael Braungart

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"An eco-sustainable manifesto. The next Industrial Revolution will be Green!" Scott Smith, Powells.com... (read more)
 
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Drawing and Design

Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock
by Judy Pangman

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Easy-to-care-for, productive, inexpensive, and full of personality, chickens are popping up in backyards throughout the country— in the suburbs, rural towns, and even on city plots. All it takes to keep a small flock is a bit of land and a properly... (read more)
 
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United States West

Portland Then and Now
by Linda Dodds

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Featuring black-and-white archival photos from the first half of the last century paired with modern shots of the same areas, "Portland Then and Now" documents the city's changing face. 140 photos, 70 in color.... (read more)
 
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Modern

Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht
by Bryan Burkhart

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Mid-century houses were better. So were mid-century cars. It would follow, then, that mid-century homes on wheels were better too. Well, they were. Not that RVs are really a category worth arguing about. But there is one fifth wheel that holds its place... (read more)
 
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United States General

An Architectural Guidebook to Portland
by Bart King

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Portland strikes a unique balance between the rich architectural traditions of the past and the cutting-edge creative developments of modern architecture. Within a small downtown area can be found 19th-century cast-iron-front buildings, skyscrapers, old... (read more)
 
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Outhouses Outhouses
by Holly Bollinger

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A light-hearted look at outhouse necessity and nostalgia with picturesque photos of privies from across the country, this book answers real-life questions about these once common buildings and the role they played. Topics covered include: what you did... (read more)
 
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High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present
by Jim Rasenberger

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A powerful first-hand account of the many generations and ethnic groups of men who have built America's skyscrapers. From the early days of steel construction in Chicago, through the great boom years of New York city ironwork, and up through the present,... (read more)
 
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Houses

Sustainable Homes: 26 Designs That Respect the Earth
by James Grays Trulove

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Urban Planning

The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs

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Architects

Pierre Koenig: 1925-2005: Living with Steel
by Neil Jackson

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A leading proponent of the Case Study House program There are few images of 20th century architecture more iconic than the nighttime view of Case Study House #22 set on its eagle?s-nest site high above the lights of Los Angeles. With his two innovative... (read more)
 
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Cityscape

Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-made Landscape
by James Howard Kunstler

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The Geography of Nowhere traces America's evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where every place is like no place in particular, where the cities are dead zones and the countryside is a wasteland of cartoon... (read more)
 
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Arts and Crafts Art Nouveau and Art Deco

Art Nouveau: Utopia: Reconciling the Irreconcilable
by Klaus Jurge Sembach

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TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition Big-sized, new designed edition at special bestseller price Art Nouveau, whose emergence at the same time as cinema was no mere coincidence, represents the most remarkable attempt to reconcile the demands of... (read more)
 
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Ornamentation

Home Rules: Transform the Place You Live Into a Place You'll Love
by Nate Berkus

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Nate Berkus, a regular contributor on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," contributing editor to "O, The Oprah Magazine, "and nationally renowned decorator, has created a book inspired by his belief that everyone should love the way they live. This step-by-step... (read more)
 
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