Bahamón, Alejandro.
Contents: Houses : Gama-Issa House / Marcio Kogan -- City Hill House / John Wardle Architects -- House in Honda / Guillermo Arias + Luis Cuartas -- Beach house / Christoff:Finio archtiecture -- Casa Larga / Daniele Claudio Taddei -- House in Miravalle / Wood + Zapata -- Castor Packard House / Callas Shortridge Architects -- May Residence / Jonathan Levi Architects -- C-House / Toshimitsu Kuno, Nobuki...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Könemann 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720 BAHWilhide, Elizabeth
Summary: "A collector's guide to the classic products of Scandinavian modern design, advice on how to put the look together using the design trademarks of the movement, an exploration of some of the most unique and interesting homes across the world that have interpreted the Scandinavian aesthetic for contemporary living"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quadrille Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728 WILSummary: "In this new collection of small houses from Fine Homebuilding magazine, the authors look at houses both new and remodeled, traditional and modern, urban and rural, by the water and in the mountains. The houses exude as much style as homes many times their square footage, and all are as big as they need to be to fit the lifestyles and aspirations of the people who live in them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Taunton Press, Inc. 2019
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Summary: Presents a guide to homemade shelter, featuring images and ideas culled from across the globe, and includes bottle homes in the Nevada desert, tree houses on the South China Sea, and Japanese stilt houses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shelter Publications 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690 KAHSagan, Françoise
Summary: Cecile is the spoiled 17-year-old daughter of Raymond, a wealthy Parisian widower vacationing in a villa on the French Riviera. Their pleasure-seeking existence is threatened when Raymond decides to marry Cecile's straitlaced godmother, Anne, who disapproves of the teenager's steamy summer affair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial Modern Classics 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SAGSummary: So long McMansions and rambling square footage small homes are in! Easier to maintain and more affordable in hard economic times, small houses are gaining popularity in the housing market after nearly 60 years of trending up in size. Small Houses capitalizes on this shift with an all new collection of small houses from Fine Homebuilding magazine. The featured writers, well respected authors in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Taunton Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 662 TAUBachmann, Wolfgang
Summary: From the modern, flat-roofed concrete home to an energy-independent cob-walled house in the countryside, this guide shows seventy single-family homes that showcase the best of contemporary design. Each home is identified in terms of eight design considerations, including challenging lots, homes in the country, houses with a view, small spaces, unusual shapes, additions and remodels, zoning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schiffer Publishing Ltd 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 662 BACRudick, Jennifer Ash
Summary: The author presents twenty-five summer houses by the sea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vendome 2020
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 747.0974 RUDJ.D. Loizeaux Lumber Company
Summary: Unabridged republication of rare plan book published by Loizeaux building-supply and lumber companies of New Jersey in 1927. Illustrations and floor plans for 134 houses in many styles — New England Colonial, Dutch Colonial, Gothic or Half Timber, Modern English, Italian, Spanish Mission and more. Over 230 halftone and line illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Athenaeum 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 CLAÁlvarez, Ana María
Summary: A showcase of sustainable living in prefab, solar, mobile and modular houses. In this book, architect Ana Maria Alvarez presents an array of the world's best sustainable residential architecture. Studying houses in many countries, she provides photographs, floor plans and elevations, mechanical schematics showing water and air circulation, and more to reveal how even the smallest home can be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Home Build AlvarezSummary: Best-Selling House Plans offers readers 400 of our most-successful designs from leading architects and designers. Over 200 gorgeous full-color photographs allow readers to experience homes actually built from the designs, plus some stunning interior images. Construction blueprints are made available for every home and are easily customizable. Virtually every home style is offered, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Homeowner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 660 BESSummary: This big book of home plans features 650 of the most popular and bestselling designs from 20 of the finest residential designers in the country. 1,700 illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Planners 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 662 SIXMcAlester, Virginia
Summary: Provides in-depth descriptions and illustrations of architectural styles and features of everyday domestic dwellings across the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.0973 MCAKoones, Sheri
Summary: "Prefabricated housing is a practical solution since it is faster to build, less expensive than site-built houses, and potentially more energy efficient -- all aspects that are attractive to homeowners. According to manufacturers, they are seeing the trend for house size coming down but with higher quality amenities. Sheri Koones has authored a series of five prefabulous books; this one is her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2023
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Summary: From acclaimed architect and designer Keith Summerour comes an alluring new book of carefully crafted dwellings that redefine the idea of home for today. When we think about what home is, many of us would say a house that is soulful and welcoming, a place with an inviting porch and a lush garden, a welcoming entryway and well-crafted living spaces that will nurture our private moments and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 670 SUMSummary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILSummary: Select from 730 of the most popular home plans from the country's top architects and designers, with full color photos of the actual homes, floor plans, and design ideas. Virtually every home style is offered, including farmhouses, country cottages, contemporaries, luxury estates, vacation retreats, and regional specialties. Once you have selected your dream home, you can obtain easily...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Homeowner 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728 ULTAhearn, Patrick
Summary: "Timeless reveals how Patrick Ahearn's historically motivated, human-scaled designs have advanced the art of place-making in some of America's most affluent and storied destinations. Whether carefully restoring century-old landmarked townhouses in Boston's Back Bay or creating new homes that reimagine the local vernacular of Martha's Vineyard, Ahearn demonstrates an unparalleled ability to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ORO Editions 2018
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720.92 AHEArmsden, Catherine
Summary: "Lush with sensory detail and emotional complexity, Dream House is about family, home, and an architect's journey to understand the crippling hold one house has on her. In the months following her parents' fatal car accident in Maine, architect Gina Gilbert is coming apart: anxious with her two young children, alienated by her clients' grand house dreams, and no longer certain she feels at home...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bonhomie Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARMVranckx, Bridget
Summary: A handsome and practical source of inspiration for designing, building or remodelling a home. 202 Outstanding House Ideas is packed with 600 pages of ideas for the dream house. For practising professionals and homeowners this is a reference to successful designs chock full of ideas, analyses and successful applications from around the world. More than 750 outstanding interior and exterior...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 662 VRASummary: Provides readers with a look at what's new and interesting in design, lifestyle, outdoors and more in Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stadel Media, Inc. 2000
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