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Sunset Western Garden Book 8TH Edition
by Sunset
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Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking edition of the bible of Western gardening. With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings--500 of...
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Botta
by Philip Jodidio
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BORN IN SWITZERLAND IN 1943, MARIO BOTTA IS A LEADING MEMBER OF THE SWISS-ITALIAN TICINO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE. EQUALLY COMFORTABLE WORKING ON A LARGE SCALE OR WITH SMALLER, MORE INTIMATE PROJECTS, HE IS A MAESTRO WHEN IT COMES TO FUSING THE STRENGTHS...
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Design Drawing with CDROM
by Francis D. K. Ching
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This is comprehensive introduction to drawing and more sheds new light on the relationship between perception, drawing, and design. Design Drawing covers the traditional basics of drawing, including line, shape, tone, and space. The supplemental CD-ROM...
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Portland Then and Now
by Linda Dodds
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Featuring black-and-white archival photos from the first half of the last century paired with modern shots of the same areas, "Portland Then and Now" documents the city's changing face. 140 photos, 70 in color....
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
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"An eco-sustainable manifesto. The next Industrial Revolution will be Green!" Scott Smith, Powells.com...
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500 Bungalows
by Doug Keister
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Popularity meets affordability as America's favorite house style (according to a 2005 survey on About/Architecture.com) comes at a price point that every bungalow fan can afford. There is perennial interest in all things bungalow related. Every year...
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Case Study Houses
by Elizabeth A. T. Smith
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The pioneering project that sought to bring modernism to the masses.
The 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...
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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
by George Howe Colt
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In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty...
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs
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Ever wonder why we have suburbs? Or why we wanted them in the first place? What about the lovely ideal of the Parisian street lined with cafes and shops? Why don't we have more of those? Or would we want them at all? Then read this! If you live in, near,...
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An Architectural Guidebook to Portland
by Bart King
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Portland strikes a unique balance between the rich architectural traditions of the past and the cutting-edge creative developments of modern architecture. Within a small downtown area can be found 19th-century cast-iron-front buildings, skyscrapers, old...
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Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock
by Judy Pangman
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Easy-to-care-for, productive, inexpensive, and full of personality, chickens are popping up in backyards throughout the country— in the suburbs, rural towns, and even on city plots. All it takes to keep a small flock is a bit of land and a properly...
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by Ross King
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Of the many transformations that architecture has undergone throughout history,
none is more important to the Renaissance than Filippo Brunelleschi's dome design
for the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence. Few books have introduced...
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