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Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui
Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui
by Karen Kingston
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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)

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Architect? a Candid Guide to the Profession - REV'd Edition
Architect? a Candid Guide to the Profession - REV'd Edition
by Roger K Lewis
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The first edition of Architect?, published in 1985, quickly became known as the best basic guide to the architectural profession. More than a decade later, it is a standard text for introductory courses on architecture and recommended reading on the... (read more)

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The Hidden Dimension
The Hidden Dimension
by Edward T Hall
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An examination of various cultural concepts of space and how differences among them affect modern society. Introducing the science of "proxemics," Hall demonstrates how man's use of space can affect personal business relations, cross-cultural... (read more)

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Elements of Style a Practical Encyclopedia Of
Elements of Style a Practical Encyclopedia Of
by Stephen Calloway
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The Elements of Style is the most comprehensive visual survey, period by period, feature by feature, of the styles that have had the greatest impact on interiors of American and British domestic architecture. Unsurpassed in its range of illustrations... (read more)

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A Field Guide to American Houses
A Field Guide to American Houses
by Virginia Mcalester
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The guide that enables you to identify, and place in their historic and architectural contexts, the houses you see in your neighborhood or in your travels across America. 17th century to the present.... (read more)

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History of Interior Design and Furniture : From Ancient Egypt To Nineteenth-century Europe (97 - Old Edition)
History of Interior Design and Furniture : From Ancient Egypt To Nineteenth-century Europe (97 - Old Edition)
by Robbie G. Blakemore
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This book is the only current publication of a dedicated history of interiors and furniture. For designers who need stylistic information regarding historic periods, this book is very well organized and thorough. For students, this book offers the... (read more)

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The Conscience of the Eye: The Design and Social Life of Cities
The Conscience of the Eye: The Design and Social Life of Cities
by Richard Sennett
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From the assembly halls of Athens to the Turkish baths of New York's Lower East Side, from eighteenth-century English gardens to the housing projects of Harlem--a study of the physical fabric of the city as a mirror of Western society and culture.... (read more)

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Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America
Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America
by Gwendolyn Wright
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This book is concerned essentially with the model of domestic environment in this country, as it has evolved from colonial architecture through current urban projects.... (read more)

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The Classical Language of Architecture
The Classical Language of Architecture
by John Summerson
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Classical architecture is a visual "language" and like any other language has its own grammatical rules. Classical buildings as widely spaced in time as a Roman temple, an Italian Renaissance palace and a Regency house all show an... (read more)

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Experiencing Architecture: 2nd Edition
Experiencing Architecture: 2nd Edition
by Steen Eiler Rasmussen
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Profusely illustrated with fine instances of architectural experimentation through the centuries,... (read more)

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Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architecture)
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architecture)
by Robert Venturi
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Foreword by Arthur Drexler. Introduction by Vincent Scully.... (read more)

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Main Street Revisited Time Space and Image Building in Small Town America (96 Edition)
Main Street Revisited Time Space and Image Building in Small Town America (96 Edition)
by Richard V. Francaviglia
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As an archetype for an entire class of places, Main Street has become one of America's most popular and idealized images. In Main Street Revisited, the first book to place the design of small downtowns in spatial and chronological context, Richard... (read more)

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Thirteen Ways: Theoretical Investigations in Architecture (Graham Foundation, MIT Press Contemporary Architectural Discourse)
Thirteen Ways: Theoretical Investigations in Architecture (Graham Foundation, MIT Press Contemporary Architectural Discourse)
by Robert Harbison
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In this book, Robert Harbison offers a novel interpretation of what architectural theory might look like. The title is an echo of Wallace Stevens's "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Like the poem, Harbison's work is a composite structure built... (read more)

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Interior Design with Feng Shui: New and Expanded
Interior Design with Feng Shui: New and Expanded
by Sarah Rossbach
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A centuries-old Chinese practice, feng shui has captured the Western imagination as a tool for design and well-being. In this classic book, complete with helpful drawings and photographs, Sarah Rossbach shows how anyone can apply its principles to... (read more)

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Great Architecture of the World (91 Edition)
Great Architecture of the World (91 Edition)
by John Julius Norwich
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Here is a brilliantly accessible chronicle of the greatest monuments created by mankind, told by fourteen of the most distinguished architectural historians and beautifully illustrated with more than 800 original diagrams, annotated drawings, and... (read more)

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Fundamentals of Lighting
Fundamentals of Lighting
by Susan M Winchip
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- Case studies from residential and commercial perspectives relate concepts to practice. - Design projects, exercises, and Internet assignments reinforce text material. - Final chapter provides lighting design strategies and introduces the contract... (read more)

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Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926: From Nature To Architecture (03 Edition)
Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926: From Nature To Architecture (03 Edition)
by Maria Antonietta Crippa
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RAISED DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, SPANISH ARCHITECT ANTONI GAUDI (1852-1926) STROVE TO DISTINGUISH AND REAFFIRM THE IDENTITY OF HIS NATIVE CATALONIA AS SPAIN AND THE REST OF EUROPE MODERNIZED. EARLY NEO-GOTHIC DESIGNS WERE THE STEPPING-STONE TO... (read more)

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Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning
Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning
by Leland M Roth
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This best-selling, illustrated survey of Western architecture is now fully revised throughout, explaining the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture in a way that is both accessible and engaging. The long-awaited second edition... (read more)

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Garden, Landscape and Project Plans (02 Edition)
Garden, Landscape and Project Plans (02 Edition)
by Lc Home Planners Staff
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-- Home Planners presents its most comprehensive volume of outdoor project plans ever.<BR>-- These designs help transform boring yards to useful entertainment spaces, suburban wildlife sanctuaries, or serene work spaces.<BR>-- A wide variety... (read more)

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Technical Drawing With Engineering Graphics (14TH 12 Edition)
Technical Drawing With Engineering Graphics (14TH 12 Edition)
by Frederick E. Giesecke
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Technical Drawing and Engineering Graphics, Fourteenth Edition, provides a clear, comprehensive introduction and detailed, easy-to-use  reference to creating 2D documentation drawings and engineering graphics by hand or using CAD. It offers... (read more)

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