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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
by George Howe Colt  Publisher Comments In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty...
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Architecture Styles Spotter's Guide: Classical Temples to Soaring Skyscrapers
by M Jane Taylor Publisher Comments To the average Joe, a building is a building; but to an architecture spotter, a building is much more. It's a post-modern masterpiece, an Edwardian edifice, an art deco domain, a prairie-style palace. In the Architecture Styles Spotter's Guide...
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500 Bungalows
by Doug Keister Synopsis Popularity meets affordability as America's favorite house style (according to a 2005 survey on About/Architecture.com) comes at a price point that every bungalow fan can afford. There is perennial interest in all things bungalow related. Every year...
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High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present
by Jim Rasenberger Publisher Comments A powerful first-hand account of the many generations and ethnic groups of men who have built America's skyscrapers. From the early days of steel construction in Chicago, through the great boom years of New York city ironwork, and up through the present,...
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Great Moments in Architecture
by David Macaulay Publisher Comments A wonderous portfolio that has to be seen to be savored-or even believed for that matter. Here are the plans for the Tower of Pisa-on a skewed drafting table, the Eiffel Tower tipped over across from the Seine, the ruins of a McDonald's stand following...
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It's a Great Wall!
by Michael Webb Synopsis There is no other book like this one -- a fascinating, meticulously researched volume that takes readers on a journey around the world to visit the most impressive walls ever constructed, from ancient times to the greatest modern examples....
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Victorian Houses: Treasures of Lesser-Known Examples
by Edmund V Jr Gillon Publisher Comments Edmund Gillon has photographed and Clay Lancaster commented on 116 remarkable but lesser-known Victorian American homes. From Nova Scotia to Geneva, New York to Cape May, these rarely appreciated dwellings offer some of the best 19th-century architecture....
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Country Houses and Seaside Cottages of the Victorian Era (Dover Books on Architecture)
by William T Comstock Publisher Comments 44 authentic and charming designs for vacation homes in varied styles and sizes, most low-to-medium budget, including designs for a Victorian club house, pavilion, school house and a "small seaside chapel." With perspective views, elevations and floor...
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The Early Work of Frank Lloyd Wright
by Frank L Wright Publisher Comments 207 rare photos of Oak Park period, first great buildings: Unity Temple, Dana house, Larkin factory, more. Complete photos of Wasmuth edition. New Introduction....
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Castle
by David Macaulay Publisher Comments The word itself conjures up mystery, romance, intrigue, and grandeur. What could be more perfect for an author/illustrator who has continually stripped away the mystique of architectural structures that have long fascinated modern man? With typical zest...
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My Father, Frank Lloyd Wright
by John Lloyd Wright Publisher Comments Charming, readable memoir, by his son, of Wright as architect of genius, father, and family man. The book also includes the complete text of William C. Gannet's The House Beautiful, an extremely rare work designed and printed by Frank Lloyd Wright...
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The House Beautiful: An Unabridged Reprint of the Classic Victorian Stylebook
by Clarence Cook Publisher Comments Profusely illustrated volume by 19th-century pioneer of professional art criticism offers valuable information on how to furnish a home tastefully and affordably. Charming, lucidly written text covers everything from firescreens, curtained archways and...
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Shading Our Cities: A Resource Guide for Urban and Community Forests
by Gary Moll Publisher Comments This handbook helps neighborhood groups, local officials, and city planners develop urban forestry projects, not only to beautify their cities, but also to help reduce energy demand, improve air quality, protect water supplies, and contribute to...
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Renzo Piano (Archipockets)
by Renzo Piano Synopsis Renzo Piano (Genoa, 1937) studied architecture at the Polytechnic in Milan. Since winning the competition to design the Centre Pompidou in Paris (1971) along with Richard Rogers, Piano has become a prominent figure on the international architectural...
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The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community
by Peter Katz Publisher Comments The move to liveable communities--ideal ``small towns and neighborhoods where people work, live, play, and walk from place to place--is on. Profit from what a visionary group of architects leading this movement has learned about designing new ``small...
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Gustave Eiffel (Archipockets)
by Aurora Cuito Synopsis Gustave Alexandre Eiffel (Dijon 1832-Paris 1923). This French civil engineer and constructor, is famous for the Eiffel Tower in Paris. He studied at the ?cole Central des Arts et Manufactures, where he demonstrated his interest in metal construction...
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The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Penguin Reference Books)
by John Fleming Synopsis This reference of architecture and landscape architecture terminology has been expanded to include developments in the field of landscape architecture. It includes the huge range of building traditions around the world and all the illustrations have been...
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Andrea Palladio (Archipockets)
by Aurora Cuito Synopsis Andrea Palladio (Padua 1508-Vicenza 1580), Italian architect of the late Renaissance period published L?Antichit? di Roma (1554). Between 1560 and 1580 he constructed several churches in Venice.including the churches of San Francesco della Vigna, San...
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How Architecture Got Its Hump
by Roger Connah Publisher Comments In How Architecture Got Its Hump, Roger Connah explores the andquot;interferenceandquot; of other disciplines with and within contemporary architecture. He asks whether photography, film, drawing, philosophy, and language are merely fashionable props for...
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Pyramid (75 Edition)
by David Macaulay Publisher Comments 'Through concise text and richly detailed black and white illustrations we come to know the philosophy of life and death in ancient Egypt.'...
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