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Architectural Drawing and Planning
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Architectural Perspective Grids; Three-Dimensional Design and Perspective Construction Simplified
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A versatile book/disk package with over 120 ready-made perspective grids for design professionals to use in creating perspective drawings for residential and commercial design. The authors provide step-by-step examples using pre-drawn perspective floor plan and elevation grids.


Architectural Programming; Creative Techniques for Design Professionals
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Architecture and the Corporation; The Creative Intersection
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Architecture in Color Drawings
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Architecture; Drafting and Design
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Behind Facades; A Dramatic Cutaway Look Into Five of the World's Architectural Treasures...
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Through a combination of visual elements--photographs, drawings, cutaways, floor plans, expansive double gatefolds, and lively text--each of the five buildings profiled in this book is rendered in what adds up to a unique personal portrait. Featured areSt. Peter's in Rome, Ludwig's Castle in Bavaria, Buckingham Palace, the Paris Opera, and Monticello.


Color Rendering; A Guide for Interior Designers and Architects
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Common Walls/Private Homes; Multiresidential Design
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The Architecture Pack
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A large format, 3d pop up book with a buildable model.
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Cross-Check; Integrating Building Systems and Working Drawings
by: Guthrie, Pat   Spiral Bound
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Details, Elements and Projects
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Electrical Systems for Architects
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Energy-Efficient Management for Commercial Buildings
by: Herzog, Peter H.   Hardcover
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A book for architects and building, facilities, and energy managers, it features a graphic format filled with charts, graphs, diagrams, and worksheets. This no-nonsense guide introduces the basic concepts and presents a sex-step process for identifying savings potential, operating efficiency, and building performance.


Good Neighbors; Affordable Family Housing
by: Jones, R. Thomas   Hardcover
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Based on the lauded AIA Design for Housing initiative and supported by an NEA grant, here is the first truly authoritative guide to modern affordable housing design. This landmark book provides architects, landscape architects, planners, developers, advocates, government officials, and policy makers with workable answers for the design of affordable, anesthetically pleasing housing. 300 color illus. 240 pp. Pub: 10/96.


Housing Ourselves; Creating Affordable, Sustainable Shelter
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Housing Ourselves; Creating Affordable, Sustainable Shelter
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Outdoor Lighting Pattern Book
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Featuring ready-to-use lighting patterns from the international authority, this time and cost-saving, fully illustrated resource provides professionals with all the practical information and expert guidance needed to design quality, energy-efficient outdoor lighting for all types of residential and commercial spaces. 208 pp. Pub: 10/96.


Structures; The Way Things Are Built
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This dazzling book pays tribute to the man-made wonders of the world--the buildings, monuments, bridges, dams, towers, and other structures that are among the greatest achievements of human ingenuity. Includes color photographs, working diagrams, blueprints, and cutaway drawings of each structure.


The CAD Design Studio; 3D Modeling as a Fundamental Design Skill
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The Getty Center; Design Process
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The Lighting Pattern Book for Homes
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The complete, authoritative residential lighting resource, from the largest research center in the world, supplies all the practical designs, details, and plans architects need to select, design, and install efficient lighting that suits both aesthetic and economic needs. Filled with hundreds of photos and sketches, this book explains and illustrates all common lighting techniques. 208 pp. Pub: 11/96.



The Modern Functional Building
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The Room in Context; Design Without Boundaries
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Twentieth-Century Building Materials; History and Conservation
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Understanding Architecture : Its Elements, History, and Meaning
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Against Architecture : The Writings of Georges Bataille
Denis Hollier, Betsy Wing (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1992
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