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Solar House
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 70.00Covering the full life span of the project, from siting issues through specific design features to maintenance of the property and equipment, this is a comprehensive guide to designing, planning and building a solar house. The author uses his experience of living in a solar house to inform the reader of the technology and practices needed for the... more...
The Cohousing Handbook
New Society Publishers 2004; US$ 26.95An updated edition of the essential guide to building a cohousing community more...
A New Vision for Housing
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 49.95In 1945 the Labour Government set out to enable everyone to have a decent home, where people from all walks of life could live together. This dream was destroyed by a succession of avoidable mistakes and almost everyone now seems to believe that it is impossible to rediscover that vision. This book challenges that fatalism, tracing the policy mistakes... more...
Building Your Straw Bale Home
Landlinks Press 2006; US$ 61.95Step-by-step practical instructions on how to build a straw bale house. more...
Home
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 51.95?Home? is a significant geographical and social concept. It is not only a three-dimensional structure, a shelter, but it is also a matrix of social relations and has wide symbolic and ideological meanings; home can be feelings of belonging or of alienation; feelings of home can be stretched across the world, connected to a nation or attached to a... more...
Victorian Houses and their Details
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 43.95'Victorian Houses' presents the architectural detailing of the time in the context of the era - providing a comprehensive understanding of its architecture and design. Pattern books played a vital role in the dissemination of taste between architect, builder and client in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. By focusing on the contribution... more...
How to Plan, Contract and Build Your Own Home
McGraw-Hill Education 2005; US$ 34.95The Classic Blueprint for Do-It-Yourself Homebuilders Updated to Reflect the Latest Materials, Techniques, and Options! Covering everything from hiring the right vendors to choosing fixtures, this information-packed guide is a step-by-step roadmap for building a new home or remodeling an existing one. The heavily-revised Fourth Edition focuses... more...
The Florentine Villa
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 44.95Scholarly and innovative with visually stunning line drawings and photographs, this volume provides readers with a compelling record of the unbroken pattern of reciprocal use and exchange between the countryside and the walled city of Florence, from the thirteenth century up to the present day. Defying the traditional and idealized interpretation... more...
Housing and Dwelling
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 54.95Housing and Dwelling collects the best in recent scholarly and philosophical writings that bear upon the history of domestic architecture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Lane combines exemplary readings that focus on and examine the issues involved in the study of domestic architecture, taken from an innovative and informed combination... more...
Residential Landscape Sustainability
Wiley 2008; US$ 130.00This valuable resource for developers and designers will help to develop design solutions sympathetic to the environment and improve the sustainability of residential landscapes. The landscapes around housing have a crucial role in creating a more sustainable future with carbon-neutral homes. This book shows how to improve the sustainable profile... more...









