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Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston Staff Pick If you want your home to be a clean, clutter-free space but have difficulty getting rid of unneeded belongings and unwanted gifts, Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui is the book for you; fifty pages in and you'll be eager to put the book down and start... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander and Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein Staff Pick Although I am not an architect, I keep this book on my bedside table at all times, so that I can pick it up and read about how the world should be, according to Christopher Alexander. The world is made of "patterns" that work organically. These patterns... (read more) Your price: $65.00 New - Hardcover
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson Staff Pick There is nothing on this planet that Bryson cannot make fascinating. In his hands, exploring the minutiae of his house becomes an adventure. (Granted, his house is a Victorian vicarage in Norfolk, England.) At Home is a joyful, chatty dip into the... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard Staff Pick Philosopher Gaston Bachelard published The Poetics of Space in 1958, many years into a prolific and prestigious career in science and French academe. A rationalist who believed rational thought was an ill-fitting framework for exploring the imagination... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs Staff Pick Ever wonder why we have suburbs? Or why we wanted them in the first place? What about the lovely ideal of the Parisian street lined with cafes and shops? Why don't we have more of those? Or would we want them at all? Then read this! If you live in, near,... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart Staff Pick "An eco-sustainable manifesto. The next Industrial Revolution will be Green!"... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter: Scaling Back in the 21st Century by Lloyd Kahn Staff Pick The house I grew up in (with my sister, my two parents, a constant but ever-changing assortment of critters, and all the associated clutter one might expect) was 800 sq. ft. In a word: tiny. But the homes in Lloyd Kahn's Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter give... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King Staff Pick Of the many transformations that architecture has undergone throughout history, none is more important to the Renaissance than Filippo Brunelleschi's dome design for the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence. Few books have introduced Renaissance... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Modern Cabin: New Designs for an American Icon by Michelle Kodis Staff Pick Gorgeous and a little on the fancy-pants side, these are the cabins that you drive to in your Jag. For those of us who may not be rockin' the upscale cabin price tag, there are plenty of great styles to adapt and incorporate into our own living space... (read more) Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick Staff Pick This small, pocket-size book, 101 Things I Learned in Architectural School, is a surprise smash hit over 100,00 copies have been sold since it was published in September 2007. As a working architect and urban planner, Matthew Frederick distills... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Hardcover
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Mini House by Alejandro Bahamon Staff Pick Tired of McMansions? Take a gander at Mini House, which features more than twenty-five tiny houses, lofts, and studios designed by top architects. The emphasis is on light, storage, and usability with high-quality materials. Integration of architecture... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Green Architecture by James Wines Staff Pick This sturdy little book from Taschen provides an exciting visual portrait of some of the great examples of contemporary ecological architecture, as well as the history behind the trend towards "green" design. Wines compares and contrasts these modern... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Flexible
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Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King Staff Pick It took decades of dedication from Brunelleschi and the entire Florentine community to create one of the most studied and beautiful structures in the world. In a steadily engaging and accessible manner, Ross King brings to life the challenges and... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Making of the Modern Museum by Joseph M. Siry Staff Pick The Guggenheim is a collection of articles by experts on Wright and museology. They cover the design, troubled construction, working life of the Guggenheim, its effect on later museum design, and its recent restoration. It is fully illustrated with... (read more) Your price: $73.00 New - Hardcover
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S, M, L, XL (Small, Medium, Large, Extra-large (98 Edition) by Koolhaas Staff Pick There are some books that will make you into a genius as soon as you turn back the title page, and S, M, L, XL by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is certainly one of them. Once you get the hang of things, the book is a remarkable and inspiring read... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price: $41.00 Used - Hardcover
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Builders of the Pacific Coast by Lloyd Kahn Staff Pick As the founding editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications, Inc. and the former editor of the Whole Earth Catalog, Lloyd Kahn boasts a long history of stellar publications, and his latest is no exception. Builders of the Pacific Coast showcases some of the... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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Modern Cabin by Michelle Kodis Staff Pick Gorgeous and a little on the fancy-pants side, these are the cabins that you drive to in your Jag. For those of us who may not be rockin' the upscale cabin price tag, there are plenty of great styles to adapt and incorporate into our own living space... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Prefab by Allison Arieff Staff Pick Not yet available from the IKEA, prefabricated homes are the hottest item for consumers of neat, clean and cheap. With only $50,000 and belief in the powers of Scandinavian architecture, you too can walk away with a very smart and very hip dwelling.... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson Staff Pick There is nothing on this planet that Bryson cannot make fascinating. In his hands, exploring the minutiae of his house becomes an adventure. (Granted, his house is a Victorian vicarage in Norfolk, England.) At Home is a joyful, chatty dip into the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tokyo: A Certain Style by Kyoichi Tsuzuki Staff Pick "Imagine tiptoeing down the hall in your apartment building to peek into a half-opened door. No one appears to be home. Who might live here? So maybe not everyone has these kinds of snooping fantasies. But if you're even mildly interested in how other... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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