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The Smart Woman's Guide to Homebuilding : An Essential Communication Reference for Homeowners and Builders
Dori Howard
Paperback - $32.95
In most homebuilding situations, the woman of the household is the first line of communication with architects, bankers and builders. Without proper planning and understanding of the home building process, cost overruns, delays, and other unforeseen ...
House-Dreams : The Story of an Amateur Builder and Two Novice Apprentices and How They Turned an Overgrown Blackberry Patch, Ten Truc
Hugh Howard
Hardcover - $40.95
Imagine a house built and tailored to your every need and personal taste. Hugh Howard dreamed of such a house, and when he and his wife, Betsy, learn that they're expecting their second child, he seizes the opportunity to build a home for their growi ...
Building with Frank Lloyd Wright : An Illustrated Memoir
Herbert Jacobs
Paperback - $41.95
This is the first-hand account of a young couple who in 1936 challenged Wright to produce a decent house for $5,000. Wright responded with the in-novations--floor heating, flat roof, con-crete floor, solid walls, grouping of utili-ties, carport, secl ...
The House Always Wins : America's Most Trusted Home Columnist's Guide to Creating Your (Almost) Perfect Dream House
Marni Jameson
Hardcover - $39.95
A compulsively readable, zanily humorous, yet also completely practical guide to a headache-free home makeover for everyone decorating a new house or updating an old one
What Your Contractor Can't Tell You : The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating
Amy Johnston
Paperback - $32.95
Complete Roofs & Siding
Larry Johnston
Paperback - $32.95
From asphalt shingles to vinyl siding, this book gives you the knowledge you need to install, repair, and maintain your home's roofing and siding. With lists and professional tips, you'll be equipped to take each project from start to finish - whethe ...
Authentic Small Houses of the Twenties : Illustrations and Floor Plans of 254 Characteristic Homes
Robert T. Jones
Paperback - $32.95
Modestly priced, richly illustrated reprint of rare guidebook published in 1920s by Architects' Small House Service Bureau. Designs, floor plans, construction materials, prices for wide variety of small homes. Over 800 line drawings and photographs o ...
The Art of Natural Building : Design, Construction, Resources
Joseph F. Kennedy
Paperback - $42.95
The ultimate ecological building resource includes examples of diverse natural dwellings, from a Hybrid Hobbit House to a thatched studio and a cob office. This volume is an encyclopedia of natural building for non-professionals as well as architects ...
Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture : How to Build Your Own
Nader Khalili
Paperback - $42.95
Khalili's classic, authoritative manual describes how to build arches, domes, and vaults with earth, as well as techniques to fire and glaze earth buildings to transform them into ceramic houses. This newly revised edition also provides insight into ...