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New homes, featuring interiors, gardens, and furniture from London-based architect John Simpson, famed designer of the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace and one of the world's leading practitioners of New...

A step-by-step guide to house building, for builders, apprentice training, owner builders, designers, and teaching institutions. Contents cover brick veneer, timber frames, cavity brick, and concrete blocks.

While building trends may change, one thing does not: the need to build quality homes at affordable prices. And in today's building market, sustainability is an important part of building...

A classic of early American architecture, the hewn-log house has a unique rustic charm and character. In this engaging and informative guide, Charles McRaven provides illustrated step-by-step instructions that cover...

Bricks can be cleaned, timber hardens with age and metal develops a pleasing patina without deteriorating, making them all perfect for reuse. Yet every day more building materials are being...

Writer Charles Long has a well-earned reputation as one of North America's self-sufficiency experts. More than 20 years ago, he and his wife, Elizabeth, fled city life and conventional employment...

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The Home Book is an essential guide to anyone about to embark on building or refurbishing a house. The book takes is through the multitude of factors involved in making...

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A guide to building 150 different LEGO ideas, with tips and techniques from expert LEGO builders. Discover how to build everything with LEGO bricks! Be inspired by 200 awesome LEGO...

Author: Robert Irving, John Kinstler, Max DupainBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen Australia, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis architectural volume, Fine Houses Of Sydney, documents the exquisite residential structures that...

Why are renovations booming? What is gazumping and is it legal? How long does it take to build a house? What is a reverse mortgage? All the answers are here,...

Author: Chris Peterson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Plan your barn-conversion dream home guided by inspiring real-life examples and practical, cost-effective solutions. Move over she sheds, the next innovation...

In 1406 a young Venetian nobleman, Marin Contarini, married into another ancient patrician clan. His wife's family owned an old palace on the Grand Canal. Contarini demolished the old palace...

Author: Mayer Rus Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Drawing on examples of their own instantly recognisable Minimalist-inflected designs, often evoking the work of Donald Judd, celebrated architects Messana O'Rorke...

In the triumvirate of dominant structural building materials-wood, metal, and masonry-each has its advantages, but none are as intertwined with the human spirit as wood. Thirty-five public buildings illustrate how...

Learn how to build 20 enchanting mini-builds in Minecraft, with step-by-step instructions. Add some magic to your Overworld with these 20 new mini-projects, from mermaid lagoons and genie lamps to...

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A beautiful, inspiring guide to building, designing, and decorating a natural living space that is healthier for your family and for the planet."In Live Natural, Ali Davin puts functionality before...

Robert Konieczny, founder and principal of KWK Promes, in Poland, specialises in projects renowned for inventive concepts and unique design. His works examine closely the nature and interpretations of spatial...

This pro-level guide to inspecting a house is a tool for evaluating property inside and out. It includes a discussion of current building materials, heating, electrical and plumbing systems, foundations,...

Author: Dan Cruickshank And Peter WyldBinding: HardbackPublished: Architectural Press, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Gifter's inscriptions on half-title page. London: The Art Of Georgian...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFor anyone passionate about preserving Australia's built heritage, Restoring Old Australian Houses & Buildings: an architectural guide is an indispensable resource that...

Author: F.M. LeaBinding: HardbackPublished: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner details to FEP, slight tear to back of DJ,...

This study by the late Arthur Gibney takes you among labourers, craftspeople, contractors, builders and designers as they populate the building sites of eighteenth-century Ireland. Gibney tells a story that...

The second volume in Thames & Hudson's monographic series on global architect Sir David Adjaye, winner of the 2021 RIBA royal gold medal. Following on from Adjaye - Works: Houses,...

Starting in the Navy Seabees at the end of WWII, Samuel C. Florman made his way as a general contractor in New York City through the period of explosive development,...

Renovating or building your own home is one of the biggest investments (financially and emotionally) you can ever make. For years, the BuildHer Collective have helped women around the world...

Author: Nikolaus PevsnerBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Penguin Books, 1961Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative architectural guide, The Buildings Of England:...

Author: Geoff BockBinding: PaperbackPublished: CSIRO, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe academic work The End Was To Build Well: A Half-Century Of...

On a sacred site on the land of the Gadigal people, Tubowgule, a place of gathering and storytelling for over 60,000 years, now sits the Sydney Opera House. It is...

An elevated yet accessible follow-up to Lauren Liess's Habitat, showcasing her signature easy-living lifestyleDown to Earth picks up right where Lauren Liess's critically acclaimed Habitat left off. While Habitat walked...

Author: Dan CruickshankBinding: HardbackPublished: The National Trust and The Irish Georgian Society, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markCondition remarks: General wear on external coverThis comprehensive architectural guide, A...

The book titled Skyscraper: 2the Making of a Building by the author Karl Sabbagh. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Applesauce Press Format: Board book Number of Pages: 14 Introduce your little one to the joys of construction in this interactive activity book full of building fun! Use the...

The complete story of the designing and building of a skyscraper in New York which ties in with a Channel 4 series. It covers plumbing, glazing, the aggravation, the meetings,...

Expanding a house requires both inspiration and expertise, and that is just what the seasoned professionals from Fine Homebuilding magazine have provided in Building Additions. Through an eye-catching combination of...

When the brilliant classical architect Charles Barry won the competition to build a new, Gothic, Houses of Parliament in London he thought it was the chance of a lifetime. It...

Author: Nikolaus PevsnerBinding: HardbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative architectural guide, The Buildings Of England: Wiltshire, meticulously chronicles the diverse structures found across the...

Head out for a building site adventure in this fun-filled, interactive counting book! Find cute and colourful counters to move and simple prompts to follow along all the way through...