Buildings - Residential
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Simple Shelters: Tents, Tipis, Yurts, Domes and Other Ancient Homes
$7.95 Add to cartHow do you build a yurt? A Bedouin tent? What about a kathe? What’s a yaranga? How about a hogan? Can you stay warm in an igloo? Are there secrets to living, thriving and surviving in specific climate… [more below]
- Series: Wooden Books North America Editions
- Author: Horning, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1952178193
- Language: English
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9 Ways to Make Housing for People
$60.00 Read moreCombining how-to with why-to, 9 Ways to Make Housing for People lays out the core principles that David Baker Architects uses to help communities develop great urban housing.
Written for architects a- Author: Architects, David Baker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1935935402
- Language: English
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Timeless: Classic American Architecture for Contemporary Living
$60.00 Add to cartAward-winning architect Patrick Ahearn treats readers to an exclusive tour of the timeless classical homes he’s created in some of New England’s most affluent communities, along the way revealing the … [more below]
- Author: Ahearn, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1939621933
- Language: English
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The Modern A-Frame
$35.00 Add to cartMidcentury spaces made new: A-Frame homes from rustic to ultra-modern, mountain retreats to seaside getaways.
The A-Frame home surged in popularity in the 1950s, and has captured the public’s imaginati
- Author: Rahn, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1423647637
- Language: English
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Case Study Houses. the Complete CSH Program 1945-1966. 40th Ed.
$30.00 Add to cartThe Case Study House program (1945-1966) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles
- Series: 40th Edition
- Author: Smith, Elizabeth A. T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 16 2021
- ISBN10: 3836587874
- Language: English
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Living in Mexico. 40th Ed.
$30.00 Add to cartRich colors and woven textiles form a unique design aesthetic, crafted by the union of local Aztec and Mayan cultures and Spanish influences. Bold pigments and vivid patterns come together in simple a
- Series: 40th Edition
- Author: Taschen, Angelika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 3836588455
- Language: English
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Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid
$29.99 Add to cartSick of McMansions? Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning Katrina Cottages, is a champion of traditional architectural principles: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness … [more below]
- Author: Cusato, Marianne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 02 2011
- ISBN10: 1402791038
- Language: English
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At Home on the Water
$40.00 Add to cartCoastal havens designed for laid-back living.
The idea of a retreat–a place removed from one’s daily stressors, a secluded haven to be enjoyed by family–is more appealing than it has been in decades.
- Author: Conry, Jaci
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1423657500
- Language: English
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Measure and Construction of the Japanese House: 250 Plans and Sketches Plus Illustrations of Joinery
$16.99 Add to cartA remarkable classic work on traditional Japanese architecture, and how the style and features can serve as a model for contemporary residential buildings.
With incredible detail (as well as numerous- Author: Engel, Heino
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 11 2020
- ISBN10: 4805316462
- Language: English
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Bigger Than Tiny, Smaller Than Average
$35.00 Add to cartInspiration and answers for people wanting to live more sustainably in a smaller house while respecting the environment and saving money on energy and maintenance.
2022 NYC Big Award, WINNER: Book Inte
- Author: Koones, Sheri
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1423658450
- Language: English
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Prefabulous for Everyone
$37.00 Read morePrefabrication’s time has come. Koones showcases 24 examples of environmentally friendly, cost-effective houses built wholly or partially off-site.
Prefabricated housing is a practical solution since i
- Author: Koones, Sheri
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1423663594
- Language: English
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Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses
$69.95 Add to cartThe most complete in-depth survey of global Mid-Century Modern homes ever published – more than 400 stunning homes from 40 countries, designed by more than 290 of the world’s greatest architects
The lo
- Author: Bradbury, Dominic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1838663398
- Language: English
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Glass Houses
$49.95 Read moreAn inspiring collection of 50 spectacular houses built almost entirely from glass
Glass Houses presents 50 stunning architect designed homes that utilize glass to maximum effect. The international sele
- Author: Phaidon Editors, Phaidon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1838667504
- Language: English
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Case Study Houses
$20.00 Add to cartThe Case Study House program (1945-1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, the program sought to respond to the postwar building bo
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Smith, Elizabeth A. T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 15 2016
- ISBN10: 3836535602
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture
$45.00 Add to cartThe fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and ack… [more below]
- Author: McAlester, Virginia Savage
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0375710825
- Language: English
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Cabin: How to Build a Retreat in the Wilderness and Learn to Live with Nature
$29.99 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated guide to building a cabin in the wilderness, packed with practical advice and insights into of the history of cabin culture around the world.
Throughout history, people arou- Author: Jones, Will
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 1419771264
- Language: English
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Living in Japan. 40th Ed.
$30.00 Add to cartSo rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it’s nearly impossible to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding fresh approaches to refurbish and t
- Series: 40th Edition
- Author: Kerr, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 10, 2021
- ISBN10: 3836588439
- Language: English
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Modernist Icons: Midcentury Houses and Interiors
$80.00 Add to cartA celebration of mid-century modern interiors, architecture, and design.
Step into the world of mid-century modern design with Modernist Icons, a stunning explora- tion of the era’s groundbreaking arch
- Author: Gestalten
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 3967041190
- Language: English
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The Poetics of Space
$19.00 Add to cartA beloved multidisciplinary treatise comes to Penguin Classics
Since its initial publication in 1958, The Poetics of Space has been a muse to philosophers, architects, writers, psychologists, critics,- Author: Bachelard, Gaston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 30 2014
- ISBN10: 0143107526
- Language: English
