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Why Architecture Matters : Lessons from Chicago
Kamin
Paperback - $33.95
For more than a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning "Chicago Tribune" architecture critic Blair Kamin has been writing fiery, intelligent essays on the state of contemporary architecture. His subjects range from high-rises to highways, parks to public hou ...
Geodesic Math and How to Use It
Hugh Kenner
Paperback - $35.95
It was 1976--twenty-five years after R. Buckminster Fuller introduced geodesic domes when literary critic Hugh Kenner published this fully-illustrated practical manual for their construction. Now, some twenty-five years later, "Geodesic Math and How ...
Serious Straw Bale : A Home Construction Guide for All Climates
Paul Lacinski
Paperback - $47.95
This illustrated book is the first to closely examine the specific design considerations critical to success with straw bale building in more extreme climates. The authors draw upon years of experience with natural materials and experimental techniqu ...
Site Analysis : A Contextual Approach to Sustainable Land Planning and Site Design
James A. LaGro
Hardcover - $133.95
This book fills a void in the market by offering a comprehensive introduction to all stages of the site analysis process. The "Second Edition" of "Site Analysis" details each phase of the land planning and site design process, explain the influence o ...
High-Performance Building
Vidar Lerum
Hardcover - $138.95
Finally, theres an architect's guide to good, sustainable design that shows how to analyze and evaluate buildings. "How Great Buildings Work" looks at contemporary architecture to demonstrate the art and craft of designing high performance, energy-ef ...
Building Contractor's Checklists and Forms
Sidney M. Levy
Paperback - $33.95
Forms & checklists downloadable from companion website!
SIMPLIFY EVERY PHASE OF CONTRACTING, WHILE UPGRADING PROFITABILITY
INCREASE THE QUALITY LEVEL AND PROFITABILITY OF YOUR PROJECT
With this unparalleled asset, you won't miss a trick in th ...
Devices : A Manual of Architectural + Spatial Machines
C. J. Lim
Paperback - $72.95
Embedding memories into landscape. Measuring moisture, pressure and wind speed within a bedroom. Drawing power with a potato. These are but a few of the preoccupations described within this book.
'Devices' is a manual celebrating the invention of ...