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Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House: Postcard Book
ISBN: 9780764323768 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois, and designed in 1951 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Striking architetural details are captured in 20 eye-catching B & W postcards. Whether mailing or framing the stunning images, this book is a must-have for devotees of architecture, design, Modernism, the Bauhaus, Mies van der Rohe, and photography.
Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois, and designed in 1951 ...
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86,21 zł |
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California Colonial Homes: Case Studies with Prominent Architects
ISBN: 9780764323928 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Work by over 30 leading architects of the Spanish Revival movement in California during the 1920s and '30s is featured in this beautifully illustrated book. Drawn from the era's leading architectural journals, these case studies document the "best of" residential design during this influential era. More than 300 images illustrate authentic Mediterranean aesthetics. Forty-four beautiful homes are featured, each furnished in Mission style and landscaped appropriately for a lifestyle centered around courtyards and conducted beneath shaded verandas. In many cases, the projects include the...
Work by over 30 leading architects of the Spanish Revival movement in California during the 1920s and '30s is featured in this beautifully illustrated...
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189,92 zł |
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Painted Ladies: Balusters & Columns: Balusters & Columns
ISBN: 9780764330452 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 605 color images show the wide variety and creative ways balusters and columns were used to enhance the homes in historic Oak Bluffs and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. This photo archive of ornate Victorian details will assist in the restoration of campground cottages. Restorers of old homes, preservationists, students of architecture, and admirers of Victorian style will find this a valuable resource and use these photos to restore, preserve, or even recreate the embellishments.
605 color images show the wide variety and creative ways balusters and columns were used to enhance the homes in historic Oak Bluffs and Martha's Vine...
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143,71 zł |
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The Complete Guide to Log Homes: How to Buy, Build, and Maintain Your Dream Home
ISBN: 9780595441433 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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65,14 zł |
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Doorways of Cape May
ISBN: 9780764321610 / Angielski / Twarda / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If eyes are windows to a person's soul, doorways reveal the nature of a place and the people who inhabit it. Welcome to Cape May, New Jersey, home to the nation's largest concentration of historic Victorian architecture Filled with 65 charming color photos, this book welcomes you to explore some of the most picturesque and historic doorways. They feature wooden scrollwork and bright coats of paint, as well as Cape May's notable custom screen doors, advertising to all a pride of ownership in front porch appointments. This book is the perfect souvenir for Cape May visitors, lovers of Victorian...
If eyes are windows to a person's soul, doorways reveal the nature of a place and the people who inhabit it. Welcome to Cape May, New Jersey, home to ...
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51,29 zł |
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Classic Cracker: Florida's Wood-Frame Vernacular Architecture
ISBN: 9781561640133 / Angielski / Twarda / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the 1993 LoPresti Award for excellence in art publishing
Cracker homes take the best advantage of the climate and terrain of Florida. This book provides a history of Florida wood-frame architecture, from the simplest "single-pen" homesteads to the latest homes at Seaside, and includes several floor plans for new adaptations of Classic Cracker architecture. Learn about the double-pen house, the classic dogtrot, the four-square Georgian, the Cracker townhouse, and much more with this exploration of Florida's orginal architecture. Includes several floor plans for new... Winner of the 1993 LoPresti Award for excellence in art publishing
Cracker homes take the best advantage of the climate and terrain of Florida. This... |
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128,36 zł |
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Mies Van Der Rohe's Farnsworth House
ISBN: 9780764324437 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois. This is the only private residence designed by famed modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Striking architetural details are captured in over 70 eye-catching color and black-and-white photographs and drawings. A Foreword by Dirk Lohan poetically reveals the essence of this architectural masterpiece, built in 1951. This book is a must-have for devotees of architecture, design, Modernism, the Bauhaus, Mies van der Rohe, and photography.
Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois. This is the only priv...
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164,25 zł |
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This Ol' Casa - Building in Baja 101: A Layman's Guide to Building a Baja Dream Home
ISBN: 9781440126758 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This Ol' Casa - Building in Baja 101 is a step-by-step guide to building a dream home in Baja, Mexico. Covering everything from criteria to be used when evaluating a lot for purchase, to deciding what style of home to build, to selecting a design team, to learning to read and understand your blueprint, to selecting a builder, and all the way through construction, this primer is intended to de-mystify the process so that even a layman can manage it and emerge a winner.
Eschewing jargon and technical detail, it is written in a nuts-and-bolts manner that laymen can easily follow. Each chapter... This Ol' Casa - Building in Baja 101 is a step-by-step guide to building a dream home in Baja, Mexico. Covering everything from criteria to be used wh...
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53,61 zł |
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The Complete Guide to Log Homes: How to Buy, Build, and Maintain Your Dream Home
ISBN: 9780595685028 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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103,57 zł |
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Painted Ladies: Corbels & Gingerbread: Corbels & Gingerbread
ISBN: 9780764330469 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few reference books assist in the restoration of campground cottages, but this new photo archive shows existing architectural details in the historic district of Oak Bluffs and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. These ornate Victorian cottages are commonly known as the Painted Ladies. More than six hundred color images display the wide variety of corbels and gingerbread found on these small "tent like" cottages. Study the intricate patterns carpenters used to create the "gingerbread" look, with little material and equipment. Restorers of old homes, preservationists, students of architecture,...
Few reference books assist in the restoration of campground cottages, but this new photo archive shows existing architectural details in the historic ...
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143,71 zł |
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Hope, Vision & Value Creation, Based on Lessons Learned in Housing Cycles, Community Development and Residential Design
ISBN: 9781936051564 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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107,39 zł |
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You and Your New Home
ISBN: 9780982579305 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a collection of new home builder's common mistakes and oversights. The author, a certified building inspector takes you from ground breaking to final inspection. This book is packed with information which will save you big bucks and possibly even a family members life. If only one mistake is prevented, you've paid for the book. If you are building a home then this book is a must have!
This is a collection of new home builder's common mistakes and oversights. The author, a certified building inspector takes you from ground breaking t...
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48,22 zł |
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Prosperity Plans: How to Create a Low-Cost Small Home That Can Grow Over Time
ISBN: 9781450559645 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A complete reprint of the 1935 booklet, Farmhouse Plans, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with forty small house designs, in a twenty-first century edition with Internet sources of working drawings and construction details. This new 88 page softcover book is packed with illustrations, floor plans and photos of unique "Growing Houses" that were created to help farm families during the Great Depression. It includes a new forward and commentary by architect Donald Berg.
A complete reprint of the 1935 booklet, Farmhouse Plans, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with forty small house designs, in a twenty-first cent...
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48,22 zł |
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The Complete Guide To Becoming A Successful Hardwood Flooring Contractor
ISBN: 9781449522674 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Designed to provide hardwood flooring subcontractors with the guidelines, instruction, documents, and forms necessary to become better established as a professional in the hardwood flooring industry.
Designed to provide hardwood flooring subcontractors with the guidelines, instruction, documents, and forms necessary to become better established as ...
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80,50 zł |
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Green Framing: An Advanced Framing How-To Guide
ISBN: 9781450585965 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Billions of dollars and vast natural resources are wasted every year in over-built structures. Excessive wood, concrete, and steel are consumed because a faulty "more-is-better" mentality has evolved - a mentality born of ignorance and perpetuated by fear. This book, in plain language, illustrates powerful green framing techniques. Roofs, walls, and floors, with their subparts and pieces, are carefully examined. Wasteful practices are exposed, efficient ones suggested. Readers are shown how to actually design rafters, beams, studs, and footings using a popular, easy-to-use software brand....
Billions of dollars and vast natural resources are wasted every year in over-built structures. Excessive wood, concrete, and steel are consumed becaus...
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72,63 zł |
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Crafting the Considerate House
ISBN: 9780982670958 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Crafting the Considerate House tells the story of designing and building a home for our times-one that is mindful of both environmental and dollar costs, yet responsive to our needs and wants. In his fast moving narrative David Gerstel - a highly skilled builder and an author with several admired books that have enjoyed strong sales for decades to his credit - involves the reader in the challenge and excitement of creating a house that is highly energy efficient, healthy, and a pleasure to live in. You experience the project up close from the first imaginings through the final construction of...
Crafting the Considerate House tells the story of designing and building a home for our times-one that is mindful of both environmental and dollar cos...
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68,99 zł |
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Kitchen Art: Educated Design
ISBN: 9781450575812 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In today's economy where every dollar is precious, it is essential for consumers to have as much knowledge as possible about purchases they want to make. This book is a must read for anyone planning to remodel or design a new kitchen. Armed with an education in cabinet construction, countertop and storage choices, door style and finish options, you will be able to create the kitchen of your dreams and still come in on budget. Barbara Lappos has owned a successful kitchen design business since 2001 and has over twenty years design experience. As a mother of three and an avid cook, she also...
In today's economy where every dollar is precious, it is essential for consumers to have as much knowledge as possible about purchases they want to ma...
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64,37 zł |
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Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates
ISBN: 9781844079698 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you want an inexpensive, environmentally sound source of energy for your home, you need look no further than the sun. Solar heat is not subject to rate increases, is totally renewable, pollution free and requires little or no technology. It is here for you today, and can easily provide up to 50% of your space and water heating requirements. This is a book that simply and clearly explains the principles of using solar energy to heat your home. Anyone building a new home, or renovating an old one can incorporate one or several aspects of solar energy into their design.Taking you through the...
If you want an inexpensive, environmentally sound source of energy for your home, you need look no further than the sun. Solar heat is not subject to ...
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165,80 zł |
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Forts for Kids
ISBN: 9780762764532 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A dreamer s handbook for kids and parents offering practical results All kids love the idea of a hideaway a place that is theirs, no parents allowed. But how on earth can they actually build one? In Forts for Kids, an inspirational yet practical guide, David Stiles, the most trusted authority on DIY building projects, shows them how. Assuming no previous experience from the fort builder, the book starts with the basics for kids and their parents: how to buy wood, and essential skills such as sawing and nailing. It includes a brief history of forts and more than twenty projects ranging from...
A dreamer s handbook for kids and parents offering practical results All kids love the idea of a hideaway a place that is theirs, no parents allowed. ...
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65,14 zł |
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Sold as Is
ISBN: 9781432760960 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sold As Is; Cottage at Cedar Crest
In this extraordinary, heartfelt narrative Ellen launches us on a journey through mesmerizing lake stories as the backdrop to her main tale: embarking on the adventure of a life time. With us readers as her crew, she steers a course through the riveting and humorous mishaps of her adventure in renovating a summer cottage that has belonged to her family through generations. Like all good sea tales, "Sold As Is" shows that the human spirit is stronger than insurmountable challenges; in this case, insufficient finances or knowledge. In her honest look... Sold As Is; Cottage at Cedar Crest
In this extraordinary, heartfelt narrative Ellen launches us on a journey through mesmerizing lake stories as t... |
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68,99 zł |