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Techniques for Estimating Materials, Costs, and Time for Interior Designers (Rev 01 Edition)
by Carol A. Sampson  Synopsis This latest edition of the classic manual includes all-new sections on faux finishings, Roman shades, and upholstery fabrics as well as a new chapter on hard floor coverings....
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New Natural House Book : Creating a Healthy, Harmonious, and Ecologically Sound Home (Rev 98 Edition)
by David Pearson Publisher Comments This completely revised and redesigned edition of the bestselling Natural House Book brings you hundreds of practical energy- and money-saving ideas to enhance your home, your environment, and your well-being. Originally published in 1989, The Natural...
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Patterns of Home : Ten Essentials of Enduring Design (05 Edition)
by Max Jacobson Publisher Comments The key to creating a house that is memorable, satisfying, and enduring is to apply a group of design concepts--or patterns--that focus on the experience of being in a home. In this groundbreaking work, internationally respected architects Max Jacobson...
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Programs and Manifestos on 20TH-century Architecture (70 Edition)
by Ulrich Conrads Publisher Comments 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...
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How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
by Stewart Brand 
Publisher Comments Buildings have often been studied whole in space, but never before have they been studied whole in time. Architects (and architectural historians) are interested only in a building's original intentions. Most are dismayed by what happens later, when a...
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Architectural Drafting & Design 5TH Edition
by Alan Jefferis Publisher Comments Written to meet the most recent editions of IRC and IBC, this exceptional, full-color fifth edition is designed for beginning, intermediate, and advanced architectural drafters and CAD operators alike. Architectural Drafting and Design, 5E features the...
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Codes Guidebook for Interiors 3RD Edition
by Sharon Koome Harmon Synopsis Now available in an updated and expanded third edition, The Codes Guidebook for Interiors incorporates the latest standards for interior projects. The book presents the International Building Code, Life Safety Code, NFPA 5000, ICC/ANSI accessibility...
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Hidden Dimension (Large Format) (82 Edition)
by Edward Twitchell Hall Publisher Comments 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...
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Construction Drawings and Details for Interiors: Basic Skills
by W Otie Kilmer Publisher Comments With a sensitivity to the relationship of the interior space to the furniture, finishes, and other details, this book covers drafting fundamentals and conventions; discusses drawing types, plans, and schedules; and introduces computer-aided design (CAD)....
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Brunelleschi's Dome (00 Edition)
by Ross King
Powells.com 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...
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A Field Guide to American Houses
by Virginia Mcalester Publisher Comments For the house lover and the curious tourist, for the house buyer and the weekend stroller, for neighborhood preservation groups and for all who want to know more about their community -- here, at last, is a book that makes it both easy and pleasurable to...
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The Most Beautiful House in the World
by Witold Rybczynski Synopsis A book about architecture: what architects do, how they get it right, what an architectural genius can see, and what distinguishes architecture from other arts. Illustrated....
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Global History of Architecture (07 Edition)
by Francis D.k. Ching Publisher Comments A global perspective on architectural history– for the first time in one book Written by a stellar team of architectural educators, this richly illustrated reference is packed with detailed photographs and features drawings by the world-renowned...
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Interior Graphic and Design Standards (86 Edition)
by S. C. Reznikoff Publisher Comments This book, the most comprehensive and basic working tool available to the design professional, encompasses every area of expertise required in the practice of contemporary interior design. Architects, interior designers, drafters, specifiers, and...
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Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History
by Elizabeth Ba Rogers Synopsis From ancient Egyptian royal cemeteries to great 18th-century English estates and the earth works of today, this volume spans the history of landscape design, revealing a great deal about the development of societies, and how cities, parks and gardens...
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Digital Drawing for Designers : Visual Guide To Autocad (07 Edition)
by Douglas R. Seidler Synopsis AutoCAD has long been the industry standard for digital drawing--but how do you decide which manual to use? Neither simplistic nor exhaustive, Digital Drawing for Designers teaches by relating to what architects and interior designers understand best...
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Why Buildings Stand Up : the Strength of Architecture (80 Edition)
by Mario Salvadori Synopsis The alliance between architecture and structure and the people who forged it is the topic of this book. The author provides an introduction to building methods from ancient times to the present day....
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Architectural Graphic Standards, Abridged (10TH 08 Edition)
by Ramsey Synopsis This Student Edition, carefully abridged from the Eleventh Edition of Architectural Graphic Standards, features the richly detailed graphics and texts that have made Architectural Graphic Standards a classic, updated and reorganized in a way that is...
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Ten Books on Architecture
by Vitruvius Publisher Comments The most important book ever written on architecture. Early Roman aesthetics, technology, classical orders, site selection, all other aspects. Morgan translation....
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Autocad 2008 Instructor - With 2 CDS (08 Edition)
by Leach Publisher Comments AutoCAD 2008 Instructor covers all features and capabilities of AutoCAD. Based on industry and educational needs, this text is command-oriented so chapters are centered around groups of related commands, making the text very effective as a reference. The...
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