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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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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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Modern Architecture Since 1900
Modern Architecture Since 1900
by William J R Curtis
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Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. Worldwide in scope, it combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. Technical, economic, social and... (read more)

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Thermal Delight in Architecture (79 Edition)
Thermal Delight in Architecture (79 Edition)
by Lisa Heschong
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Our thermal environment is as rich in cultural associations as our visual, acoustic, olfactory, and tactile environments. This book explores the potential for using thermal qualities as an expressive element in building design.... (read more)

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Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century: An Integrated History
Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century: An Integrated History
by Buie Harwood and Bridget May and Curt Sherman
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Exceptionally comprehensive, this single- source reference allows readers to compare and contrast architecture, interior design, interior architectural features, design details, motifs, furniture, space planning, color, lighting, textiles, interior... (read more)

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Architectural Graphics (5TH 10 Edition)
Architectural Graphics (5TH 10 Edition)
by Francis D. Ching
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Updated edition of the architectural graphics bestseller More than 500,000 copies sold Architectural Graphics offers the essential drawing tools, principles, and techniques designers use to communicate architectural ideas. In this Fifth Edition, Francis... (read more)

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Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture
Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture
by Ulrich Conrads
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The present volume offers eloquent testimony that many of the master builders of this century have held passionate convictions regarding the philosophic and social basis of their art. Nearly every important development in the modern architectural... (read more)

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Understanding Architecture : Its Elements, History, and Meaning (2ND 07 Edition)
Understanding Architecture : Its Elements, History, and Meaning (2ND 07 Edition)
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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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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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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Drawing the Landscape 3RD Edition
Drawing the Landscape 3RD Edition
by Chip Sullivan
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Drawing the Landscape illustrates how to create a wide range of graphic representations of the built environment using step-by-step tutorials, exercises and hundreds of examples. This new edition addresses changes in media and expression that have deeply... (read more)

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Designing Interiors
Designing Interiors
by Rosemary Kilmer
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This introductory text offers a comprehensive overview of the basic knowledge required for the education of the professional interior designer. It emphasizes the foundation of, and expertise in, designing for people and their environments.... (read more)

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Elements of Architecture
Elements of Architecture
by Pierre Von Meiss
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This internationally significant book analyses architectural elements, drawing general principles from the prevailing pluralism of architectural approaches. Von Meiss bridges the gap between history and contemporary work by pinpointing the constant... (read more)

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Interior Textiles : Fabrics, Application, and Historic Style (07 Edition)
Interior Textiles : Fabrics, Application, and Historic Style (07 Edition)
by Karla J. Nielson
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Create great interior designs with a new understanding of textiles Learn to use interior textiles to set a mood, establish a theme, and create an ambiance. From soft and subtle to bold and dynamic, Interior Textiles gives you the technical knowledge and... (read more)

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The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture
The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture
by Rachel Carley
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Architectural historian Rachel Carley offers a richly detailed guide to 500 years of American home design. More than 600 precisely detailed illustrations show readers how to identify and describe a house of a particular style. Every element that may be... (read more)

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How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
by Stewart Brand
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Buildings have often been studies whole in space, but never before have they been studied whole in time. How Buildings Learn is a masterful new synthesis that proposes that buildings adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and... (read more)

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Buildings Across Time
Buildings Across Time
by Michael W Fazio
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This heavily illustrated survey text provides students of both art history and architecture with a worldwide introduction to the history of architecture that is comprehensive and yet accessible. The third edition continues to offer comprehensive coverage... (read more)

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Ideas That Shaped Buildings
Ideas That Shaped Buildings
by Fil Hearn
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andlt;Pandgt;In Ideas That Shaped Buildings, Fil Hearn identifies and codifies into theoretical systems the operative tenets of architectural theory from ancient Rome to the present. With this strikingly original synthesis of architectural history and... (read more)

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From Bauhaus to Our House
From Bauhaus to Our House
by Tom Wolfe
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Tom Wolfe, "America's most skillful satirist" (The Atlantic Monthly), examines the strange saga of American architecture in this sequel to The Painted Word.... (read more)

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Mechanical and Electrical Systems in Construction and Architecture (5TH 10 Edition)
Mechanical and Electrical Systems in Construction and Architecture (5TH 10 Edition)
by Wujek
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The book provides comprehensive, easy-to-understand introductory coverage of mechanical and electrical systems in buildings. Elementary engineering concepts and step-by-step design principles are introduced in a straightforward manner and supported by... (read more)

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