Friday, September 30, 2011

Colonial Houses (Home Plans) (Paperback)

Colonial Houses (Home Plans)
Colonial Houses (Home Plans) (Paperback)
By Jan Prideaux

Review & Description

-181 Early classic American home plan designs.

-Complete and comprehensive guide to Early American designs.

-32 page full-color section offers a tour of some of the most beautiful historic homes in America.

-Historic exteriors belie the up-to-date interior spaces.

-Introduction to classic Colonial styles.

-Complete construction drawings available separately. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

A House on the Water: Inspiration for Living at the Water's Edge (Hardcover)

A House on the Water: Inspiration for Living at the Water's Edge
A House on the Water: Inspiration for Living at the Water's Edge (Hardcover)
By Robert Knight

Review & Description

There is a universal longing to live near the water... and this inspiring book can make that dream come true. What's it really like to live near the sea (or on a lake or at the river's edge)? Maine architect Robert Knight looks at 25 homes that are enhanced by the water around them; and he presents six design themes to help the reader understand what makes a house on the water work well. Features an outstanding portfolio of homes filled with inspiration.- The book taps into a universal desire to live near the water.- Real-world, well-designed homes with dream appeal--plus, strategies for anyone thinking of building a house on the water.- 300 color photos and site plans bring the homes to life. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The Houses of William Wurster (Hardcover)

The Houses of William Wurster
The Houses of William Wurster (Hardcover)
By Caitlin Lempres Brostrom

Product Images


Review & Description

The Houses of William W. Wurster: A Frame for Living by Caitlin Lempres Brostrom and Richard C. Peters is the first comprehensive presentation of Wurster s life (1895-1973) and influence and is, as well, a detailed analysis of a collection of his houses spanning the extent of his career (1922 to 1967). The majority of the images, photographs, and drawings presented in the book will have never been seen by the public before and are composed of newly digitized archival material in addition to new photography. The vast majority of the historical images were taken by renowned photographers Ezra Stoller, Roger Sturtevant, and Morley Baer. Additionally there are unpublished images by photographer Richard Barnes. This book demonstrates the influence of Wurster s work on the practice of architecture today, and documents how his designs and educational philosophy continue to inspire architects and those who occupy his buildings. The intent behind this book is to share the genius of his work in order to inspire architects, architectural enthusiasts, and potential architectural clientele, as well as those with a personal association with the influence of Wurster on their own lives through their academic training, personal history with a specific project, or from direct influence of Wurster on their own practice. Wurster s steady insistence on making places that enfold the life of the place rather than impose an alien order was central to the development of the Bay Region variant of modern architecture in the United States. He pointed to a way of building that would be modest, fitted to the site and surroundings, and engaged with the landscape and regional ways of building. The relevance of this message is even clearer now. Wurster s status as an American 'hidden treasure' is primarily because of his designs simplicity, so subtle that their discernible influence on architecture has been muted. Wurster took a tradition begun by visionary Bay Area predecessors (Bernard Maybeck, most obviously) and adapted it to his time, making it aesthetically modern. He approached the design and building of a structure in a holistic way, melding together a consideration for landscaping, surrounding buildings, environment, and site with the innovative use of natural materials and local building techniques to achieve his main goal: enhancing contemporary lifestyles. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Winter Kill: The Responding Dragon War Has Already Begun (Paperback)

Winter Kill: The Responding Dragon War Has Already Begun
Winter Kill: The Responding Dragon War Has Already Begun (Paperback)
By Mr. Gene Skellig

Buy new: $16.95
9 used and new from $16.16
Customer Rating: 4.4

First tagged by Socrates
Customer tags: nuclear war, economic collapse, reccommended, economics, architecture, gold, doomsday, construction, ebook, future, off grid, china

Review & Description

In Gene Skellig's terrifyingly plausible military techno-thriller, Winter Kill - The Responding Dragon War Has Already Begun, you will be immediately drawn into the strong characters of this richly detailed adventure. As the pace accelerates, you will become wrapped up in the action at the local level. At the same time, your thirst for the economic, geopolitical and military context of the war will be thoroughly satisfied. With unexpected developments and twists, this story will confront you with the daunting challenge of surviving in the Winter Kill world, just as it confronted the people of the Sunshine Coast communities of the Pacific Northwest and numerous strategic locations around the world. When the Nuclear Extinction War (NEW) begins, it comes as a complete surprise to just about everybody. But for retired military planner, Casey Callaghan, it represents the culmination of the worst case scenario which he had feared was inevitable – and one for which he had made extensive preparations. His motivation is the security of his wife and five small children, his extended family and as many of his friends and neighbors as he can save. The world is faced with the unimaginable devastation of a global nuclear winter which kills off 95% of humankind like the winter kill of a crop in nature. Survival has suddenly become very personal. To make matters worse, a rogue police officer is out to get Casey. While Casey and Constable Walker wage war on a very personal scale, the global war grinds towards its inevitable outcome. After reading Winter Kill, you just might look across the ocean towards the Responding Dragon and see, as Casey Callaghan does, that we are blindly rushing towards catastrophe. All it will take to set off a devastating cascade of events is one repugnant conclusion in the mind of an evil genius. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Architectural Rendering: The Techniques of Contemporary Presentations, 3rd Edition (Hardcover)

Architectural Rendering: The Techniques of Contemporary Presentations, 3rd Edition
Architectural Rendering: The Techniques of Contemporary Presentations, 3rd Edition (Hardcover)
By Albert O. Halse

Find out More for the best price at Amazon

HO Gauge Model Railroad LARGE Cape Cod House

HO Gauge Model Railroad LARGE Cape Cod House
HO Gauge Model Railroad LARGE Cape Cod House
By Dechant's Railroad Express

Product Images


Review & Description

This HO scale LARGE cape cod house is a great addition to your model railroad layout. Made with wood and decorated with designer windows, this item is ordered with your choice of custom colors. Measures 4"D, 5 1/2" W, & 3 1/2" H to the peak of the roof. *No assembly or glue needed. *Train not included. *Trees sold separately. **You choose custom colors of roof (BLACK, BROWN, GRAY, WHITE) and house(BEIGE, GRAY, GREEN, LIGHT BLUE, DARK BLUE,RED, TAN, WHITE). Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Monday, September 26, 2011

HO gauge Model Railroad Small Cape Cod House

HO gauge Model Railroad Small Cape Cod House
HO gauge Model Railroad Small Cape Cod House
By Dechant's Railroad Express

Buy new: $16.99

First tagged by MrTrain.com
Customer tags: models, model, custom, railroads, colors, architecture, trains, doll house, ho gauge

Product Images


Review & Description

This HO gauge SMALL cape cod house is a great addition to your model railroad layout. Made with wood and decorated with designer windows, this item is ordered with your choice of custom colors. Measures 4"D, 4 1/2" W, & 3 1/2" H to the peak of the roof. *No assembly or glue needed. *Train and accessories not included. **You choose custom colors of roof (BLACK, BROWN, GRAY, WHITE) and house(BEIGE, GRAY, GREEN, LIGHT BLUE, DARK BLUE,RED, TAN, WHITE). Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Small Scale, Big Change (Paperback)

Small Scale, Big Change
Small Scale, Big Change (Paperback)
By Andres Lepik

Buy new: $24.75
41 used and new from $19.95

First tagged by Christine Oh
Customer tags: design, architecture, sustainability

Product Images


Review & Description

The role of the global architect in society is changing. Instead of waiting for commissions to come their way, architects are initiating and developing practical solutions in response to dramatically changing living conditions in many parts of the world today. Small Scale, Big Change focuses on a central chapter of this shift, presenting recently built or under-construction works in underserved communities around the globe by these 11 architects and firms: Elemental (Chilean); Anna Heringer (Austrian); Diebedo Francis Kere (Burkinabe); Hashim Sarkis A.L.U.D. (Lebanese); Jorge Mario Jauregui (Brazilian); Frederic Druot, Anne Lacaton & Jean Philippe Vassal (French); Michael Maltzan Architecture (American); Noero Wolff Architects (South African); Rural Studio (American); Estudio Teddy Cruz (American, born Guatemala); and Urban Think Tank (American/Austrian/Venezuelan). Without sacrificing concern for aesthetics, these architects have developed projects that reveal a post-utopian specificity of place; their architectural solutions emerge from close collaboration with future users and sustained research into local conditions. The projects--which include schools, parks, housing and infrastructural interventions--reveal an exciting change in the longstanding dialogue between architecture and society, as the architect's roles, methods, approaches and responsibilities are dramatically reevaluated. They also offer an expanded definition of sustainability that moves beyond experimentation with new materials and technologies to encompass larger concepts of social and economic sustainability. Small Scale, Big Change examines the evolving standards of responsibility and participation in architecture and the ways in which architects can engage critically with larger social, economic and political issues currently facing communities around the world. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

HO Gauge Model Railroad LARGE RANCH House - Great for Doll House Villages Too!

HO Gauge Model Railroad LARGE RANCH House - Great for Doll House Villages Too!
HO Gauge Model Railroad LARGE RANCH House - Great for Doll House Villages Too!
By Dechant's Railroad Express

Buy new: $16.99

First tagged by MrTrain.com
Customer tags: trains, house, architecture, ho gauge, color, custom, railroad

Product Images


Review & Description

This HO gauge LARGE ranch is perfect for your model railroad layout. Made with wood and decorated with designer windows,you choose custom colors of roof and house. Measures 4"W, 5 1/2"L, & 2 3/4" H to the peak of the roof. *No assembly or glue needed. Fence and trees sold separately. **You choose custom colors of roof (BLACK, BROWN, GRAY, WHITE) and house(BEIGE, GRAY, GREEN, LIGHT BLUE, DARK BLUE,RED, TAN, WHITE). Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Art Spaces Series (Paperback)

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Art Spaces Series
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Art Spaces Series (Paperback)
By Virginia Brilliant

Buy new: $7.95
12 used and new from $5.33

First tagged by Michael V. Praino
Customer tags: renaissance, architecture, museum, ringling, john and mable

Review & Description

The first book available to the trade examining the history of this fascinating building. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Castles in Europe (Hardcover)

Castles in Europe
Castles in Europe (Hardcover)
By Wim Pauwels

Buy new: $69.30

First tagged by Michael V. Praino
Customer tags: architecture, history, castle, private, luxury, europe

Review & Description

Offers new insights into castle life, focusing not on museum-like surroundings but on dynamic living environments all over Europe. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Confessions of a Country Architect (Hardcover)

Confessions of a Country Architect
Confessions of a Country Architect (Hardcover)
By Don Metz

Buy new: $25.00
37 used and new from $2.48
Customer Rating: 5.0

Customer tags: architecture(7), humor(4), new england(4), architects(3), country music(2), history, herriot, country life, artists, builder, building, don metz

Review & Description

Reminiscent of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small, Don Metz's Confessions describes the life of a residential country architect with warm wry humor and slapstick pathos. This book will delight all those who have built a house, forearm those summoning up the courage to do so, and calm those who realize their talents might be better confined to an armchair with a view. Readers will be seduced by the author's adventures as he confronts the awkward, intractable, and hilariously messy job of building dreams. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

21st Century Architecture: Apartment Living (Hardcover)

21st Century Architecture: Apartment Living
21st Century Architecture: Apartment Living (Hardcover)
By Beth Browne

Buy new: $31.50

First tagged by Michael V. Praino
Customer tags: design, architecture, studio, contemporary, houses, apartment

Review & Description

Presents new and inspiring apartment interiors in a diverse range of styles designed by leading international architects.

Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Country Style and Design (Hardcover)

Country Style and Design
Country Style and Design (Hardcover)
By Justin Bishop

Review & Description

  1. An invaluable sourcebook that will inspire those wanting to add a touch of the rural lifestyle to their living space
  2. Beautifully photographed examples of French, British, American and Australian country-style architecture and interiors

Country Style and Design beautifully showcases Justin Bishop's intricate knowledge of country style and design. Blending traditional country style with modern influences, this book is a collection of beautiful images, practical tips, useful styling notes and personal sentiment. Regardless of whether you live in a city apartment or suburban home, if you love all things vintage and rustic, then this exquisite book is sure to delight.

The interior architecture and landscaping featured in Country Style and Design encompasses a number of looks- from the French country style of Provence to the more floral country designs of England, and from rustic traditional Americana to Australia s distinctive rural style.

Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Art Deco in the Phillippines (Paperback)

Art Deco in the Phillippines
Art Deco in the Phillippines (Paperback)
By Lourdes Montinola

Review & Description

This publication features Art Deco structures in the Philippines built during the Commonwealth years by American- and European-educated Filipino architects.

Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Great American Homes (Hardcover)

Great American Homes
Great American Homes (Hardcover)
By William T. Baker

Review & Description

Featuring 12 beautifully designed luxury homes-gorgeous full-color photography by James R. Lockhart

Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Cynthia's Box (Kindle Edition)

Cynthia's Box
Cynthia's Box (Kindle Edition)
By habu

Review & Description

Paul Caldwell, a successful architect who has returned to the university for a refresher course, is smitten by the vision of architect student Judith Parnell floating across the quad in front of the university library. She looks so pure, virtuous, and vulnerable that he determines to have and protect her—this despite his own promiscuous bisexual past. To win Judith, he has to woo her away from the architecture professor, Grace Stainer, who she is living with—and then try to keep her out of the clutches of clients after they marry and move to the California coast.

Refusing to see Judith as anywhere but atop the pedestal of purity and innocent vulnerability his mind has set her on, despite obvious signs to the contrary, Paul meets his greatest challenge. Paul’s own willingness to prostitute himself to career success leads him, through the aging movie star Gideon Draper, and Judith to being sucked into the hedonist world of his projected major California clients, the sexually predatory Cynthia and Thad Standall. Paul has career and marital decisions to make when he discovers that the Standalls not only are insatiable but also are not quite what they seem to be.Paul Caldwell, a successful architect who has returned to the university for a refresher course, is smitten by the vision of architect student Judith Parnell floating across the quad in front of the university library. She looks so pure, virtuous, and vulnerable that he determines to have and protect her—this despite his own promiscuous bisexual past. To win Judith, he has to woo her away from the architecture professor, Grace Stainer, who she is living with—and then try to keep her out of the clutches of clients after they marry and move to the California coast.

Refusing to see Judith as anywhere but atop the pedestal of purity and innocent vulnerability his mind has set her on, despite obvious signs to the contrary, Paul meets his greatest challenge. Paul’s own willingness to prostitute himself to career success leads him, through the aging movie star Gideon Draper, and Judith to being sucked into the hedonist world of his projected major California clients, the sexually predatory Cynthia and Thad Standall. Paul has career and marital decisions to make when he discovers that the Standalls not only are insatiable but also are not quite what they seem to be. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

21st Century Architecture: Beach Houses (Hardcover)

21st Century Architecture: Beach Houses
21st Century Architecture: Beach Houses (Hardcover)
By Stephen Crafti

Review & Description

Featuring stunning full color photography-50 beautiful architect-designed homes. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Friday, September 23, 2011

The Classicist No. 9 (Paperback)

The Classicist No. 9
The Classicist No. 9 (Paperback)
By Richard John

Review & Description

The award-winning journal of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Building up a Storm: Exploits of a Builder Extraordinaire (Hardcover)

Building up a Storm: Exploits of a Builder Extraordinaire
Building up a Storm: Exploits of a Builder Extraordinaire (Hardcover)
By John Finton

Review & Description

·The world's most luxurious homes captured in exquisite detail across over 250 spectacular full color pages ·Explores the inspirational work of world-renowned architect John Finton John Finton builds the most luxurious and prestigious mansions in the world. In this, his first book, Finton takes the reader on a tour through the fantasy homes of Hollywood celebrities, Royal families and global business moguls. From a 10,000-square-foot Tuscan-style estate to a 45,000-square-foot Beverly Hills compound, Finton showcases homes complete with bowling alleys, vineyards, polo fields, movie theaters and more. Finton is considered a modern day Indiana Jones, best known for his passion for travelling to the ends of the earth in search of exotic materials. From Chinese cobblestones to centuries-old Indonesian teak, Finton knows no boundaries as the constructor of dreams. With over 250 pages, Building up a Storm will intoxicate readers with hundreds of awe-inspiring photographs. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Dominique Perrault Architecture (Hardcover)

Dominique Perrault Architecture
Dominique Perrault Architecture (Hardcover)
By TF Editores

Buy new: $34.02

First tagged by Michael V. Praino
Customer tags: design, architecture, essays

Review & Description

Traces architect Dominque Perrault's entire career. Text in English and Spanish. Read more


Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Moscow and the Roots of Russian Culture (Centers of Civilization) (Paperback)

Moscow and the Roots of Russian Culture (Centers of Civilization)
Moscow and the Roots of Russian Culture (Centers of Civilization) (Paperback)
By Arthur Voyce

Find out More for the best price at Amazon