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At Home: A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson

From one of the most beloved authors of our  time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home.

“Houses...

The Architect's Guide to Residential Design

by Michael Malone

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO RESIDENTIAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTS AND CLIENTSWritten by a successful practitioner of both residential and commercial architecture, this hands-on resource enables you to transfer and expand...

The Perfect $100,000 House: A Trip Across America and Back in Pursuit of a Place to Call Home

by Karrie Jacobs

A HOME OF ONE'S OWN has always been a cornerstone of the American dream, fulfilling like no other possession the desire for comfort, financial security, independence, and with a little luck, even a touch of...

Dwelling with Architecture

by Roderick Kemsley & Christopher Platt

The dwelling is the most fundamental building type, nowhere more so than in the open landscape.

This book can be read in a number of ways. It is first a book about houses and particularly the theme 'dwelling...

Houses of Mexico: Origins and Traditions

by Verna Cook Shipway & Warren Shipway

This book delves into the roots of the bold yet elegant Mexican style, illustrated with many photographs from Spain and Portugal reflecting the Moorish influence. In addition to coverage of the architecture...

Designed for Habitat: Collaborations with Habitat for Humanity

by David Hinson & Justin Miller

If you're looking for ways to give back to your community, then this book, the first to profile thirteen projects designed and built by architects and Habitat for Humanity, will help. Detailed plans, sections,...

The Shanghai Alleyway House: A Vanishing Urban Vernacular

by Gregory Bracken

As a nineteenth-century commercial development, the alleyway house was a hybrid of the traditional Chinese courtyard house and the Western terraced one. Unique to Shanghai, the alleyway house was a space where...

High Performance Homes TRUBIANO

by Franca Trubiano

Both professionals and students are increasingly committed to achieving high-performance metrics in the design, construction and operation of residential buildings. This book responds to this demand by offering...

The Big Book of Small House Designs: 75 Award-Winning Plans for Your Dream House, 1,250 Square Feet or Less

by Don Metz, Catherine Tredway & Kenneth R. Tremblay

75 unique designs for attractive, efficient, environmentally friendly homes.

Now available in paperback, this collection of 75 plans for small homes offers more than 500 usable blueprints and other illustrations...

The Honeywood Settlement

by H.B. Creswell

A sequal to The Honeywood File (originally published in 1929, and reissued by Academy Chicago in 2000 - ISBN 0-89733-473-6), it takes the form of an epistolary novel. Some of the great comic characters inhabit...

The Modern Thai House: Innovative Designs in Tropical Asia

by Robert Powell & Albert Lim KS

[A tremendous body of sophisticated and sensitively designed architectural work has been produced in Thailand in the first decade of the 21st century. The 25 houses in The Modern Thai House illustrate the radical...

English Country House Eccentrics

by David Long

This is a lighthearted, witty but factual biographical account of one of the eccentric lifestyles of the builders and residents of one hundred of Britain's best-known country houses. Extraordinary buildings...

The ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME: A Complete Guide

by Patrick Waterfield

Reducing energy consumption and costs is an issue of ever-increasing importance, and European and national legislation aimed at reducing carbon emissions is tightening up minimum energy standards for new buildings...

Eco-Refurbishment

by Peter Smith

This clear and accessible guide provides a comprehensive outline on how to convert your house into a more 'green' home. Buildings are the greates energy wasters and for those of us concerned about the environment,...

The Honeywood File: An Adventure in Building

by H.B. Creswell

In this first U.S. publication of a richly comic classic--originally published in England in the 1920s--the pitfalls and vicissitudes of home building are presented in sharp and unforgettable detail.

Paolo Portoghesi Architect

by Paolo Portoghesi & Francesca Gottardo

Portoghesi's architecture - so focused on the diversity of sites, attentive to the needs and desires of its inhabitants and brimming with references to tradition and different fields of artistic expression -...

House Museums in Italy

by Rosanna Pavoni

A journey across the country to discover the simple houses and splendid royal palaces chosen from amongst the many stately homes and mansions Italy has to offer. Houses selected not only for their beauty or...

Architect's Pocket Book of Kitchen Design

by Charlotte Baden-Powell

As with the best-selling 'Architects Pocket Book' this title includes everyday information which the architect/designer normally has to find from a wide variety of sources and which is not always easily to hand....

Ecohouse

by Susan Roaf

Now in its 3rd edition, the bestselling Ecohouse continues to be both a technical guide and an inspiration for thousands of architects, designers and eco-builders all over the world.

As the need to slow climate...

Tropical Living: Contemporary Dream Houses in the Philippines

by Elizabeth Reyes & A. Chester Chester Ong

Start with a warm tropical climate. Add an abundance of exotic natural building material. And then let the cross currents of Asian design and aesthetics create a rich architectural alchemy of it's own. The result?...