Achva Benzinberg Stein
In the North African land of Morocco, every dar-dwelling, religious institution, or commercial building is organized around an interior, walled courtyard that provides privacy from the bustle of urban streets and an outdoor space for social ... [... more]
Random House |
Palm Springs Weekend: The Architecture and Design of a ...
 From Amazon.com: Palm Springs Weekend could have been just a breezy look at the celebrity culture of this California desert playground. Instead, Alan Hess offers an authoritative yet refreshingly nondoctrinaire view of the various ways European and [... more]
CDN$43.00
Amazon CA |
The Commercial Lease Guidebook
Solid Overview for Understanding Commercial Leasing: As a partner in a major commercial brokerage this book has become part of the mandatory reading for new entry level brokers. After reading the book, it was clear that not understanding all of the parts [... more]
CDN$29.95
Amazon CA |
Building with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs): ...
A dissapointing offering from the Taunton press: While the Taunton press has published some quality books, I certainly don't feel this is one. As a professional contactor looking for an introduction to SIPs, this book did provide a cursory overview of [... more]
CDN$49.95
Amazon CA |
American Art Deco
Glorious deco detail.: Architectural photographer Carla Breeze has focussed her camera on the best seventy-five Art Deco buildings across the Nation and produced a glorious book of color photos that perfectly captures the style. I really liked this book [... more]
CDN$72.99
Amazon CA |
Bicknell's Victorian Buildings
Excellent resourse on victorian architecture: This book was initailly published with the intent of allowing a builder to construct an entire town. Therefore, there are examples of single family houses (mostly), apartments, duplexes, churches, barns, and [... more]
CDN$18.50
Amazon CA |
The Metropolis of Tomorrow
Visual philosopher: To say that this 1920's classic is anything other than a masterpiece would be proof of insanity. By "interpreting" a Law, (NY Zoning 1917), Ferriss found beauty in the hope of what might be. In today's world of 3D CAD and [... more]
CDN$18.50
Amazon CA |
Duluth, Minnesota
A Story Well Told...: Sheldon T. Aubut and Maryanne C. Norton bring the history of Duluth, Minnesota's buildings to life in this book. "Duluth" starts with an early history of the Indian settlements of the Sioux and Ojibwe people, to Minnesota [... more]
CDN$20.83
Amazon CA |
Electrical Design Guide for Commercial Buildings
Valuable Resource: It seems difficult to find a good general guide for electrical engineering pertaining to commercial buildings. This book manages to cover the essentials, adds in some experience related data and some of the theory behind the concepts. [... more]
CDN$69.95
Amazon CA |
Hvac Design Guide For Tall Commercial Buildings
Author: Donald E. Ross Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 697 EAN: 9781931862455 ISBN: 1931862451 Number Of Pages: 112 Publication Date: 2004-12-31 [... more]
CDN$61.47
Amazon CA |
Inside Outside: Between Architecture and Landscape
Smoke and Mirrors: Don't waste your money on this book- states the obvious in an over-inflated language that serves to make the authors appear deeper than they really are. If they actually took the time to look around at the world and stop looking at [... more]
CDN$41.95
Amazon CA |
Drawings and Plans of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Early ...
B & W elevations & plans of early houses 1st publ Germany 1910: A republication of the of the work first published by Wasmuth, Berlin, 1910. Plate headings are translated into English and there is a glossary of the German terms found in the [... more]
CDN$18.50
Amazon CA |
