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Bridging the World by Robert S. Cortright Publisher Comments A remarkable gallery of lavish photographs which elevate bridges from pieces of the roadway to pieces of art. With 306 colorful pictures from 28 countries across 6 continents, Cortright awakens the eye and mind to the beauty of bridges. These are... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover 
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Window Display: New Visual Merchandising by Tony Morgan Synopsis A showcase for the world's most eye-catching window displays, this book offers inspiration and guidance to visual merchandisers and retailers, helping them to create windows that not only look good but also help to increase sales. Seven chapters cover... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David Mccullough Publisher Comments This monumental book tells the enthralling story of one of the greatest accomplishments in our nations history, the building of what was then the longest suspension bridge in the world. The Brooklyn Bridge rose out of the expansive era following the... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The Portland Bridge Book by Sharon Wood Wortman and Ed Wortman Publisher Comments The Portland Bridge Book, now in its third edition, is a richly detailed history of the bridges spanning the Willamette and Columbia Rivers in Portland, Oregon. This edition is totally new, with over 175 photographs and illustrations. The book makes... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Rsmeans Mechanical Cost Data 2012: Means Mechanical Cost Data by Melville J. Mossman Publisher Comments Means 2012 Mechanical Cost Data is the definitive source for data on unit costs for materials, methods, equipment and other building services. Plus for every line item, you get the crew and productivity information you need, as well as bare costs for... (read more) Your price: $174.95 New - Trade Paper
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Great Streets (93 Edition) by Allan B. Jacobs Publisher Comments Which are the world's best streets, and what are the physical, designable characteristics that make them great? To answer these questions, Allan Jacobs has surveyed street users and design professionals and has studied a wide array of street types and... (read more) List Price $46.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Portland Bridge Book: 1989 Edition by Sharon Wood Wortman Book News Annotation Wortman offers technical information, history, and anecdotes for 12 bridges across the Willamette River, two across the Columbia River, and several railroad bridges in the Portland (Oregon) vicinity. Since the 1989 first edition, she has been leading... (read more) Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Natural Swimming Pools: Inspiration for Harmony With Nature by Michael Littlewood Publisher Comments Natural swimming pools rely on the correct balance of plants and microorganisms to clean and purify the water. They are a safe place for children to play and birds to drink, and are a dramatic example of ecological design, combining the natural and... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Hardcover
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Super Potato Design by Mira Locher Publisher Comments Super Potato Design is the first full-length book to present the built work and conceptual ideas of the internationally renowned Japanese design firm Super Potato, founded by Takashi Sugimoto. Super Potato's powerful designs for the interiors of... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $44.33 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Cool Hotels Europe by Martin N Kunz Publisher Comments Cool Hotels Europe is an extensive compilation of the most contemporary hotels in Europe and Scandinavia, all of which have been chosen because they represent the best in innovative design. Copiously illustrated with hundreds of color photographs of... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Flexible
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High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline by Jim Rasenberger Publisher Comments “ HIGH STEEL is a testament to an incredible group of workers that ranks right up there with Gay Talese’ s classic THE BRIDGE....Part lost American history, part adventure story and part anthropological study.”... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Artists Studio by Mj Long Publisher Comments Architect MJ Long has worked with a remarkable list of artists, designing both their living and working space. Artists' Studios explores some of these key projects, providing a personal insight into the creative mind behind the working space of some the... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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Higher: a Historic Race To the Sky and the Making of a City by Neal Bascomb Publisher Comments The Roaring Twenties in New York was a time of exuberant ambition, free-flowing optimism, an explosion of artistic expression in the age of Prohibition. New York was the city that embodied the spirit and strength of a newly powerful America. In... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Hospital and Healthcare Facility Design by Richard L. Miller Publisher Comments A celebrated standard for architects, planners, and hospital administrators, Hospital and Healthcare Facility Design has introduced three generations of students and professionals to the state-of-the-art practice of creating structures that are healing... (read more) Your price: $115.00 New - Hardcover
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Porches of North America by Thomas Durant Visser Publisher Comments The porch, whether simple or grand, evokes feelings of welcome, comfort, and nostalgia in all of us, yet there has been little published on the history of this omnipresent architectural feature. This book examines how porches in their many forms have... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture by Alan Hess Publisher Comments The euphoria about the future that followed World War II permeated the outlooks of architects, who, influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright and with ready access to remarkable new construction material and building techniques spawned by the war technologies... (read more) Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape by Brian Hayes Publisher Comments A companion to the man-made landscape that reveals how our industrial environment can be as dazzling as the natural world. Replete with the author's striking photographs, Infrastructure is a unique and spectacular guide, exploring all the major... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Beachlife: Architecture and Interior Design on the Seaside by Frame Publishers Publisher Comments Oceans, seas, vast lakes and rivers are seemingly endless spaces that convey a sense of timelessness and generate universal feelings of freedom and adventure. The unique atmosphere of the seaside has been captured by designers, architects and artists... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $22.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Big Dams and Other Dreams: The Six Companies Story by Donald E Wolf Publisher Comments A freewheeling saga about western American industrial might Who conceived of the Hoover, Bonneville, and Grand Coulee dams? Who laid the financial foundations for the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay bridges? In Big Dams and Other Dreams, Donald E... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Form Follows Finance: Skyscrapers and Skylines in New York and Chicago by Carol Willis Publisher Comments "Seldom does a title summarize so tersely and completely the contents of a book as does that of Carol Willis's brisk, lucid investigation into the forces that shaped the prodigious tall buildings of America's two major turn-of-the-century metropolises....... (read more) List Price $36.75 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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