The Unfinished MetropolisIgniting the City-Building Revolution

Consider your surroundings. Maybe you're in a house or in an apartment building. Maybe you're at a desk in an office building, or in a café looking out on a lively main street. The urban landscape is not simply the backdrop to your life. It determines, to a remarkable degree, what kind of life you're able to live. Today, the horizons of American life are constrained by a built environment that…

Un momento arquitectónico en Córdoba: 1916-1926

Un momento arquitectónico en Córdoba intenta atender a ciertas características de las dimensiones sociológica, disciplinar y estilística de la arquitectura en un momento determinado (1916-1926). El trabajo intenta dilucidar qué ocurría en cada dimensión por esos años y, a la vez, repensar continuamente la lógica que la dominaba y comunicaba con las demás. Reconstruye, en primer lugar…

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Building Design and ConstructionAn Architect's Perspective

Offers experience-driven guidance on navigating the full building design and construction process Building Design and Construction: An Architect's Perspective provides the foundational knowledge necessary to lead complex projects with confidence. Drawing on over 40 years of combined experience in both construction and architectural practice, author Sam Andras delivers a comprehensive understan…

Rebuilding PittsburghRIDC and the Transformation of the Steel City

The Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania is a nonprofit organization that has played an integral part in rebuilding the Pittsburgh region’s economy over the course of eight decades. This book showcases the efforts of RIDC to renew and improve the Pittsburgh region. From revitalizing abandoned steel mills and industrial sites into thriving business and …

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The Art of the Stonemason

Author Ian Cramb was a fifth-generation stonemason who relied on traditional methods to create and restore beautiful stone structures. In this do-it-yourself manual for homeowners, masonry contractors, and restoration specialists, Cramb drew on his fifty years of life experience in the craft to cover restoration techniques for historic structures in the U.S. and Britain. The book covers various…

Designing the Maine Landscape

Frederick Law Olmsted and others saw the landscape as it was and enhanced it, instead of imposing rigid design upon it. Groundbreaking landscape architects Beatrix Farrand and Fletcher Steele, among others, were brought to Maine by patrons, and the resulting public parks, campuses, institutional grounds, and private estates remain a priceless legacy. Drawn from a 10-year survey conducted by the…

Patterns from the Golden Age of Rustic DesignPark and Recreation Structures f…

Containing over 1200 photographs and detailed line drawings from which one can design and build directly, Patterns from the Golden Age of Rustic Design is a valuable reference for preservationists, historians, designers, and homeowners. Albert Good provided plans for the construction of cabins, lodges, hotels, fireplaces, boat houses, furniture, fixtures, and more. Initially developed as a teac…

The Timber Framing Book

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