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Design & Construction

1. The Acoustics of Performance Halls: Spaces for Music from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl

   J. Christopher Jaffe, Leo L. Beranek

   An acclaimed acoustician presents a proven methodology for designing successful venues for concert performance in a variety of building types.More

2. Comparative Architectural Details: A Selection from Pencil Points 1932-1937

   Milton Wilfred Grenfell

   Architectural details from an architectural journal of the 1930s indispensable to everyone in the drafting room today.More

3. American Art Museum Architecture: Documents and Design

   Eric M. Wolf

   Exploring the intersections of art, architecture, and design, at both renowned institutions and cutting-edge contemporary collections.More

4. Inclusive Housing: A Pattern Book: Design for Diversity and Equality

   Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access, Edward Steinfeld, Jonathan White

   Why inclusive housing is necessary to achieve important urban goals and describes how to design in a variety of contexts.More

5. Historical Building Construction: Design, Materials, and Technology

   Donald Friedman

   Second Edition

   An updated edition of the classic text detailing the ins and outs of old building construction.More

6. Dams

   Christine Macy

   A lavishly illustrated exploration of these landscape-defining structures across the United States.More

7. Understanding Green Building Guidelines: For Students and Young Professionals

   Traci Rose Rider

   Summarizes the main issues and strategies of the forceful and fast-paced green building movement.More

8. American Vernacular Buildings and Interiors: 1870-1960

   Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings

   A comprehensive examination of American vernacular buildings.More

9. Green Roofs in Sustainable Landscape Design

   Steven L. Cantor, Steven Peck

   A popular design trend, green roofs make private and public buildings inviting and environmentally friendly.More

10. Fabric Architecture: Creative Resources for Shade, Signage, and Shelter

    Samuel J. Armijos

    A breathtaking view of state-of-the-art technology for projects ranging from simple awnings to dome stadiums.More

11. The Vertical Garden: From Nature to the City

    Patrick Blanc, Gregory Bruhn, Jean Nouvel, Et Al.

    The secrets of plants that cling, grip, and climb, from the inventor of the vertical garden.More

12. Corrugated Iron: Building on the Frontier

    Simon Holloway, Adam Mornement

    When Henry Palmer of the London Dock Company was granted the first patent for “indented or corrugated metallic sheets” in 1829, he little realized what he was starting.
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13. How to Build an Igloo: And Other Snow Shelters

    Norbert E. Yankielun, Amelia Bauer

    How are the ice blocks of igloos so perfectly formed and fitted, and able, it’s been said, to withstand the weight of a polar bear?More

14. Building Details

    Frank M. Snyder, Peter Pennoyer, Anne Walker

    Between 1906 and 1914, New York architect Frank M. Snyder published Building Details, a serial produced in twelve parts over eight years.More

15. Residential Windows: A Guide to New Technologies and Energy Performance

    Dariush Arasteh, John Carmody, Lisa Heschong, Et Al.

    Third Edition

    The third edition of Residential Windows: A Guide to New Technologies and Energy Performance provides updated and expanded information on window properties and technologies, as well as new sections on such key topics as window installation, energy efficiency, and building codes.More