Architectural Shades and Shadows
American Institute of Architects Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Architecture
Northwest Victorians (Beautiful America)
Beautiful Amer Pub Co, June 2001. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Long a hotbed for Victorian architecture, the northwest has often been included as an additional chapter or two in other Victorian home publications. Now, Ken Naversen, our resident Victorian expert, has devoted his considerable talents to bringing.....
Victorian Brick and Terra-Cotta Architecture in Full Color: 160 Plates (Dover Architecture)
Dover Publications, December 1989. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). This sumptuous book presents 541 beautiful full-color illustrations of a distinctive architectural style that enlivened the cities and countryside of Europe in the Victorian era. Widely considered the book on brickwork, and unavailable elsewhere, it documents the ways in.....
Small Spaces: Good Ideas
Collins Design, November 2005. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Microshelters: 57 Creative Designs for Cabins, Tiny Houses, Tree Houses, and Other Small Structures
Storey Publishing, LLC, September 2015. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). If you dream of living in a tiny house, or creating a getaway in the backwoods or your backyard, you'll love this gorgeous collection of creative and inspiring ideas for tiny houses, cabins, forts, studios, and other microshelters.....
The Art of Natural Building: Design, Construction, Resources
New Society Publishers, 2002. Trade Paperback. 291 pages. Illustrated, some in color. Later printing. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). "The Art of Natural Building" is "the" encyclopedia of natural building for non-professionals as well as architects and designers. From straw bale and cob, to recycled concrete and salvaged.....
Prescriptions for a Healthy House, 3rd Edition: A Practical Guide for Architects, Builders & Homeowners
New Society Publishers, May 2008. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Although there is nothing complicated about constructing healthier homes, building for health is still not standard practice, and in fact there are many aspects of conventional home construction that are detrimental to human well-being. From foundation to rooftop.....
Tropical Arts and Craft: The Architecture of Guz Architects - Guz Wilkinson
Pesaro Publishing, January 2011. Hardcover. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Baroque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting
hf ULLMANN, June 2007. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
Graphics Press, 1997. Trade Paperback. 156 pages. 9 by 10-3/4 inches. Profusely illustrated, come in color. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Riveting ideas on presenting better information design. Few would disagree: Life in the information age can be overwhelming. Through computers, the Internet, the media.....
500 Small Houses of the Twenties (Dover Architecture)
Dover Publications, May 1990. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Spurred by a rapidly expanding economy and abundant resources of land, building materials and skilled labor, the dream of building and owning one's own home became a reality in America in the 1920's. With the burgeoning market for small-.....
Design Like You Give A Damn: Architectural Responses To Humanitarian Crises
US Green Building Council, January 2006. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The greatest humanitarian challenge we face today is that of providing shelter. The physical design of our homes, neighborhoods and communities shapes every aspect of our live, yet where architects are most desperately needed, they can least.....
Fallingwater: The Model
Rizzoli, February 2001. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. An analysis of the model yields fresh insights about the house.
Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture - Man in Possession of his Earth
Doubleday & Company, January 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Rolling Homes: Shelter on Wheels (The Shelter Library of Building Books)
Shelter Publications, August 2022. Trade Paperback. A new copy. If there's not a nomadic revolution going on today, there's certainly a nomadic movement. In the last few years, either for reasons of practicality (high costs of rent or mortgages), change in lifestyle, or the search for adventure, people are customizing.....
Craftsman Homes: Architecture and Furnishings of the American Arts and Crafts Movement
Dover Publications, March 1979. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The late 19th-century protest against machine-age artificiality which spawned the Arts and Crafts Movement in England, engendered a distinct American offshoot: the Craftsman, or Mission style. Gustav Stickley's handsome magazine "The Craftsman" (1901-16) became the voice of that style.....
Houses in Motion: The Genesis, History and Development of the Portable Building
Academy Press, April 2002. Trade Paperback. Second edition. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Features extensive illustrations. * Commercially available products are compared with the work of leading designers. * Publication of the Second Edition is to coincide with a major exhibition, "Living in Motion," co-currated by the author...
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Bloomsbury USA, May 2013. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The New York Times bestselling, award winning story of the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence and the Renaissance genius who reinvented architecture to build it. On August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's.....
The Metropolis of Tomorrow (Dover Architecture)
Dover Publications, February 2005. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). In 1916, New York City enacted zoning laws that mandated the building of "set-back" structures so that light and air would be more freely admitted into the streets below. This concept was first proposed by Louis Sullivan in his.....
The Rugo Residence (Benicia, California)
Joe Hansen, n.d. ca. 1980. Photograph. 2 page typed description by Hansen of the energy-efficient design of the Rugo residence in Benicia, Hansen's first green building. With 2 color photographs of the completed structure. A near fine copy of description and photographs.
If you are going to build: Savings in building that have been effected by architects to the advantage of their clients
International Publications, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 31 pages. Frontispiece photographic image of author. Pamphlet argues that using an architect in building a home or business may save money. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in pale green wrappers (paperback).
California Homes: The Better Housing Magazine. Spring Home Planning Issue. April, 1936
California Homes, 1936. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 63 pages. Includes 'California Homes Portfolio of Home Plans and Building Costs' for Plans No. 24-53 by named architects and builders, each with drawing of home and floor plan. Additional articles and charts of 'California Homes Cost Chart,' and 'Cost of Building a......
Garden Pavilions and the 18th Century Court
Sothebys Pubns, August 1996. Trade Paperback. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. A unique study, linking social history with architecture and garden design, this is an intriguing and detailed account of the ornamental garden structures which were created for the French monarchy and royal circles from.....
Field Guide to American Houses
Random House Inc, May 1984. Trade Paperback.
Shin Takamatsu
Rizzoli, April 1993. Trade Paperback.