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Refurbishment and Upgrading of Buildings
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 62.95A detailed guide to the technical aspects of refurbishing and upgrading buildings, this book provides solutions to a range of problems, challenges and issues and is essential reading for all students studying building refurbishment at all levels. Includes: existing floor and wall strengthening facade retention introduction of new floors ... more...
The Ideology of Home Ownership
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 105.00Demand for owner-occupied housing has expanded dramatically across modern-industrialized societies in recent years leading to volatile increases in residential property values. This book explores the rise of modern home-ownership as a cultural, socio-political and ideological phenomenon. more...
Precedents in Zero-Energy Design
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 44.95?Michael Zaretsky?s Precedents in Zero-Energy Desig n is such an important book ? it will help readers recognize that design comes before technology ? and renewable energy systems alone can?t solve the problems we face? ? John D. Quale, Assistant Professor of Architecture and ecoMOD Project Director, University of Virginia The world... more...
At Home
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 15.95From one of the most beloved authors of our time?more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone?a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. ?Houses aren?t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.? Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England... more...
The Senior Cohousing Handbook
New Society Publishers 2009; US$ 34.95How to make your senior years healthy, safe, social, and stimulating. more...
Courtyard Houses
Springer 2009; US$ 39.95To continue developing existing building types in an intelligent way is a crucial task in the field of residential building. A deeper understanding of the underlying types is indispensable for the success of the individual design, as well as for ensuring that tried and tested structures can be utilized, repeated, and varied in a wide variety of situations.... more...
Prescriptions for a Healthy House
New Society Publishers 2008; US$ 28.95The Healthy House bible revised, updated and expanded, including contributions from leading North American building biologists. more...
Green Building Products
New Society Publishers 2008; US$ 37.95The most comprehensive directory of green building products available--now in its third edition. more...
Architecture for the Poor
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 30.00Architecture for the Poor describes Hassan Fathy's plan for building the village of New Gourna, near Luxor, Egypt, without the use of more modern and expensive materials such as steel and concrete. Using mud bricks, the native technique that Fathy learned in Nubia, and such traditional Egyptian architectural designs as enclosed courtyards and vaulted... more...









