The Dock Manual: Designing/Building/Maintaining
 Something Missing: Yes, this book provides a well-illustrated overview of approaches to dock building and choices of materials. But it doesn't go far enough if you have a significant tidal range or if the wind blows. What's missing is any introduction to [... more]
$24.95
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The New Cottage Home: A Tour of Unique American Dwellings
Amazon.com Review: It takes only a drive through any typical American subdivision to confirm that in recent decades the average house has grown in size, narrowed in style, and shrunk in vision. Jim Tolpin's The New Cottage Home represents a return to a [... more]
$29.95
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Timberframe: The Art and Craft of the Post-and-Beam Home
Amazon.com Review: Unlike conventional framing, which is destined to be hidden by other building materials, timberframe homes leave massive beams and smaller supports exposed to be seen and admired as a finished and an architectural element. Tedd Benson [... more]
$40.00
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The Timber-Frame Home: Design Construction Finishing
A book about very, very big houses: This book contains wonderful pictures of homes that are mostly 5,000 sq ft and larger. With one exception it completely ignores fine smaller timberframe homes. I was reminded more of ski lodges than homes by the places [... more]
$34.95
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Architecture and Design Library: French Country (Arch & ...
Beautiful inside & out: A fine representation of French country decorating style. This book covers exterior, interior and a bit or garden landscaping. It has many fresh ideas for a real french country feel, but with a touch of elegance. Wonderful & [... more]
$17.95
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Color Rendering: A Guide for Interior Designers and ...
dissapointment: i recieved this book this book in the mail and had been eagerly awaiting its arrival. i don't know how else to express it other than i was very dissapointed. i have see Michael Doyle's fist edition of his Color Drawing and my original [... more]
$59.95
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The Structure of the Ordinary: Form and Control in the ...
Ultimately unhelpful: Though well produced and well illustrated I found this book to be disapointing. I thought it woud be more overtly rigourous in its analysis. Instead it offers only personnal insights into the structure of ordinary enironments. The [... more]
$34.00
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Child Care Design Guide
Essential Resource: This is a terrific and necessary resource for anyone involved with the design or renovation of a child care setting. The author has clearly and concisely poured into the book her considerable knowledge and understanding of child care [... more]
$79.00
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Pioneers of American Landscape Design (Professional ...
We've waited a long time for this...: Birnbaum and Karson have produced a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the specific individual contributions towards American landscape architecture. The encyclopedic entries are well written AND include [... more]
$59.95
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Time-Saver Standards Concise Plans for Adding-On and ...
Time-Saver Concise is Precisely Right: With over 400 floorplans and illustrations, this book packs a powerful bunch of information from cover to cover. For those who are familiar with floorplans and possess an eye to visualize, this book is for you. The [... more]
$59.95
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Reflections on the Pool: California Designs for Swimming
A must for landscape designers and architects: This excelent book is focused exclusively on design. Very inspiring and unique. Do not expect to find anything about maintenance, it is a book meant for designers. A must for landscape designers and [... more]
$45.00
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Southwest Style : A Home-Lover's Guide to Architecture ...
I'd give it a C minus: Given my passion for the southwest, I expected to love this book, but I didn't. Certainly I found the photos lovely, but somehow the overall package does not convey the excitement, spirituality, and drama of the region. In other [... more]
$40.00
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