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Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston Publisher Comments The author of the international bestseller "Creating Sacred Space with Feng Shui" presents a concise guide to clearing clutter from the home--as well as from the body, mind, and spirit. Line drawings.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Prefab Green by Michelle Kaufmann Publisher Comments IN PREFAB GREEN, architect Michelle Kaufmann shares her vision of creating thoughtful, sustainable design for everyone. Her firm, Michelle Kaufmann Designs, blends sustainable home layouts, eco-friendly materials, and low-energy options to create a... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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Philosophy of Sustainable Design by Jason F. McLennan Publisher Comments In the Philosophy of Sustainable Design, McLennan outlines the major ideas and issues that have emerged in the growing movement of green architecture and sustainable design over the last thirty years. This book is intended as a starting point for anyone... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Yes Is More: An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution by Bjarke Ingels Publisher Comments YES IS MORE is the first monograph of its kind devoted exclusively to the trailblazing practice of BIG, a Copenhagenbased group of architects, designers and thinkers operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and development. Unlike... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Trade Paper 
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An Architectural Guidebook to Portland by Bart King Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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Architecture Form Space & Order 2ND Edition by Francis D Ching Publisher Comments A superb visual reference to the principles of architecture Now including interactive CD-ROM! For more than thirty years, the beautifully illustrated Architecture: Form, Space, and Order has been the classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $16.95 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) List Price $65.00 Your price: $45.00 Used - Hardcover
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Next Houses: Architecture for the Twenty-First Century by Ron Broadhurst Synopsis Presenting a collection of 25 houses on five continents, "Next Houses "is a tour of the finest residential architecture of this young century. Author Ron Broadhurst has selected examples from nine countries, showcasing established superstars and emerging... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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Architecture on the Edge of Postmodernism: Collected Essays, 1964-1988 by Robert A. M. Stern Synopsis Robert A. M. Stern is one of contemporary architecture's most influential figures, with a career encompassing every facet of the profession: he has a flourishing private practice; he is a noted authority on New York architectural history; his own... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Architectural Graphics by Frank Ching Publisher Comments Francis D.K. Ching's architectural bestseller, thoroughly updated Since 1975, Architectural Graphics has been a bestselling classic that has introduced countless students of architecture and design to the fundamentals of graphic communication. Featuring... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Trade Paper
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1000 Ideas by 100 Architects by Sergi Costa Duran Synopsis Architecture is an art form that provides both function and beauty. Each architect brings something uniquely distinct to his or her work. Learning what makes an architectural work or the body of an architect's work unique is difficult to deconstruct... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture, Urbanism, and Historic Preservation by Steven W. Semes Publisher Comments With contemporary design being redefined by architects and urbanists who are recovering the historic language associated with traditional architecture and the city, how might preservation change its focus or update its mission? Steven W. Semes makes a... (read more) Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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Design Ecologies: Essays on the Nature of Design by Lisa Tilder Publisher Comments Contemporary architects are under increasing pressure to offer a sustainable future. But with all the focus on green building, there has been little investigation into the meaningful connections between architectural design, ecological systems, and... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $28.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sites of Antiquity: From Ancient Egypt to the Fall of Rome: 50 Sites That Explain the Classical World (Blue Guides) by Charles Freeman Publisher Comments Armchair travelers and history buffs alike will thrill to the beautiful illustrations, floor plans, and maps that complement Sites of Antiquity as it traces the evolution of the Classical world through fifty of its greatest sites. From the Egypt of the... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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The Iconic House: Architechural Masterworks Since 1900 by Dominic Bradbury Publisher Comments From the first stirrings of modernity in the early twentieth century to the present, the house has served as a test bed of design experimentation, the place where architects have sought to create new forms and to offer new domestic lifestyles. Alvar... (read more) Your price: $65.00 New - Hardcover
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Architecture Now! Bars & Restaurants (Architecture Now) by Philip Jodidio Synopsis At the dawn of the 21st century, architecture is entering a paradigm shift; no longer can it be completely distinguished from art. This follow-up to the popular and groundbreaking book "Architecture Now!," follows the latest and most important... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Trade Paper
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Architecture's Desire: Reading the Late Avant-Garde (Writing Architecture) by K. Michael Hays Publisher Comments While it is widely recognized that the advanced architecture of the 1970s left a legacy of experimentation and theoretical speculation as intense as any in architecture's history, there has been no general theory of that ethos. Now, in Architecture's... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Exceptional Treehouses by Alain Laurens Synopsis In "Exceptional Treehouses," author and treehouse builder Alain Laurens reveals 30 gorgeous treehouse structures, 25 of which are entirely new creations, all illustrated with Daniel Dufour's beautiful watercolors as well as photographs by Jacques... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Heavenly Vaults: From Romanesque to Gothic in European Architecture by David Stephenson Publisher Comments The Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages are among the world's greatest architectural achievements. Looking up at the soaring vaulted ceiling of a Gothic church, it is impossible not to marvel at the seemingly unending design variations of these... (read more) Your price: $65.00 New - Hardcover
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The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest by Lawrence Kreisman and Glenn Mason Publisher Comments This magnificent compendium is the first comprehensive exploration of the Arts and Crafts legacy in the Pacific Northwest. It traces the movement from its nineteenth century English beginnings to its flowering in Washington and Oregon through the 1920s... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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