General Books


Audel HVAC Fundamentals, Heating System Components, Gas and Oil Burners and Automatic Controls Best Price: $18.08 Book covers much more than I anticipated. Should answer all questions a do it yourselfer might...	Hotels (Architectural Interiors) Best Price: $13.57 Architectural Interiors: Hotels gathers together some of the most outstanding hotels from...	Fireplace Decorating and Planning Ideas Best Price: $4.98 This book was everything I was hoping for & more! So much practical information and ideas. ...	Plumber's licensing Study Guide (Plumber's Licensing Study Guide) Best Price: $21.60 This book won't be used till winter so can't review at this time. Thank you Should be able...	The Equine Arena Handbook: Developing a User-Friendly Facility Best Price: $11.58 In common with some other reviewers, I was disappointed by the lack of specific practical...



Bridges: Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature Best Price: $16.59 I purchased this as a gift for a very dear friend. She was absolutely over the moon when she...	The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933 Best Price: $17.97 My review will be brief. I basically agree with several other reviewers. This book is well...	The United States Capitol: Its Architecture and Decoration Best Price: $30.75 If your after a book on the Capitol Building, then go no further than this beautifully...	The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design and Persuasion Best Price: $13.93 In the wake of the Great Depression, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most successful New...	Fundamentals of Residential Construction Best Price: $74.05 bought this book for a building systems class (something i dont normally do) but my prof asks...



Skyscrapers: Structure and Design Best Price: $31.67 Great insight into some of the world's most iconic skyscrapers. focused solely on modern...	Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Volume 1 (Renzo Piano Building Workshop) Best Price: $21.84 As much as I like Renzo Piano's works, he can learn something from Norman Foster to properly...	Commercial Design Using Revit Architecture 2008 Best Price: $32.41 this book along with the residential book by stine are excellent sources of beginning revit...	Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, 9th Edition used as a textbook, but even if not would make an excellent companion to any elec mech class.	Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary Landscape Best Price: $35.23 The book is filled with a series of exceptional projects in dealing with the transition between...

Using Natural Finishes: A Step-by-Step Guide Best Price: $24.97 Buy this book, and use it to the point where the pages are smudged with clay, pigment, and lime....	The Dream Palaces of Hollywood's Golden Age Best Price: $19.51 A nice coffee table book that has wonderful photos and very interesting commentary on each...	City Life Best Price: $3.75 Rybczenski is a scholar with the fluid, conversational style of a magazine feature writer. In...	Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture: How to Build Your Own Best Price: $16.10 If you are interested in learning more about the beautiful structure pictured on the cover of...	Complete Trimwork & Carpentry (Stanley Complete) Best Price: $6.95 THIS IS SIMPLY A BOOK FOR A BEGINNER BUT WHAT IS SO NICE ABOUT THIS BOOK IS THAT IT EXPLAINS...

Lofts: Good Ideas (Good Ideas Series) Best Price: $4.14 Sorry, but the person who gave this book 2 stars is smoking crack. I spent about an hour...	Architectural Details: Spain And the Mediterannean Best Price: $27.70 Architect Richard S. Requa traveled Spain and the Mediterannean, documenting authentic...	Tips & Traps for Hiring a Contractor (Tips & Traps) Best Price: $4.89 Lots of detail and mostly easy to read, but some important terminology and practices are not...	21st Century Office Best Price: $19.80 This was a visually impressive book on modern office fit-outs. The book did however lack...	Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Best Price: $22.99 This book smacks of being done by researchers, not experts in the field. It is very outdated. ...

2006 International Building Code: Code & Commentary, Volume 2 (International Building Code Commentary) Best Price: $79.28 A practical tool that helps you to master the code you deal with everyday! This comprehensive...	Bethlehem Steel Best Price: $8.78 Great photos of the now-defunct Bethlehem Steel plant in Pennsy. Photos are all shot in...	Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, and Planning Best Price: $51.76 Planetizen, a web resource for urban planners, publishes an annual list of the top 10 books for...	2006 International Plumbing Codes Handbook Best Price: $38.00 The fast and easy way to understand the 2006 International Plumbing Code Written by...	Mixed-Use Development Handbook (Development Handbook series) Best Price: $90.36 Excellent overview. If you're involved with Mixed-Use Development in any way, buy this book as...

Radiant Floor Heating Best Price: $22.70 This book is very comprehensive. The author explains just about everything you would need to...	Design and Layout of Foodservice Facilities Best Price: $75.88 Great reference book. I have been in the foodservice business for years and I learned a few...	Manual of Low-Slope Roof Systems Best Price: $63.79 I gave this book 4 stars and not 5 because it was not large enough. It should have been the next...	The Portland Cement Association's Guide to Concrete Homebuilding Systems Best Price: $27.16 I purchased this book in 1995. It was and still is the only book of it's kind. It provides data...	Beauty Design (Design Books) Best Price: $25.05 Will recommend book has pics of the latest designs will make your imagination run wild.

Building A Fireplace: Step-by-step Instructions For Contemporary To Classic Styles Best Price: $14.95 If you are an amatur builder and want to size your new firplace, this is not the book for you. ...	Investigate, Ask, Tell, Sense, Build: 3xn Architects Best Price: $31.32 As an architecture student about to graduate May of 2008, I find this kind of publication great...	Mies Van Der Rohe At Work Best Price: $19.66 This copiously illustrated survey of all the major buildings and projects on 192 pages measuring...	Ultimate Shop Design (Ultimate Books) Best Price: $29.16 This book is HUGE (525 pages) and took me almost 2 hours to skim; I look forward to going...	Contemporary Japanese Restaurant Design Best Price: $19.95 Dont get this book. They show the same restaurants over and over. Nothing really worth looking...

The Office Interior Design Guide: An Introduction for Facility and Design Professionals (Wiley Professional) Best Price: $73.42 This item arrived quickly and in good condition. This book is a good start for an office...	Illustrated Guide to the 2006 International Plumbing and Sewage Codes (Illustrated Guide to the International Plumbing & Sewage Code) Best Price: $41.00 This book is very hard to follow. The Illustrated manual that is published by the ICC is much...	Courtyard Houses: A Housing Typology Best Price: $25.05 I've reviewed this book and strongly disagree with negative assessments. It's a typology book,...	San Diego Then and Now Best Price: $10.54 When I received the book I ordered in Jan 2007 I was disappointed to find pages missing and...	The Equine Arena Handbook: Developing a User-Friendly Facility Best Price: $12.21 In common with some other reviewers, I was disappointed by the lack of specific practical...

Bar Design (Design (Daab)) Best Price: $13.97 There's no text, no project's description, only pictures, and don't have plans. But the pictures...	Surfaces : Visual Research for Artists, Architects, and Designers (MacIntosh compatible) Best Price: $54.99 This is an excellent book for artists fo all kinds. Our company has a library we make available...	Building the Empire State Best Price: $8.98 This is actually three stories in one. First, the discovery of a personal notebook documenting...	Educational Environments No. 3 (Educational Environments) Best Price: $42.63 The best in education--schools, colleges, libraries, daycare center, more! * More than 80...	Manual of Low-Slope Roof Systems Best Price: $68.36 Technical but still readable. Even a do-it-yourselfer (if spending plenty of time rereading)...

Architectural Details: Spain And the Mediterannean Best Price: $25.05 Architect Richard S. Requa traveled Spain and the Mediterannean, documenting authentic...	Sustainable Healthcare Architecture Best Price: $55.81 Design, restorative building, biophilia, enhanced air quality and high performance building...	Working with Tablesaws (New Best of Fine Woodworking) Best Price: $8.98 Looking for a gift for your woodworking husband. These are a great series and a great way to...	Brandscaping: Worlds of Experience in Retail Design Best Price: $7.10 Brandscaping - die Gestaltung dreidimensionaler Markenwelten wird mehr und mehr zu einem Thema...	Historic Texas Courthouses Best Price: $27.00 "Historic Texas Courthouses" is a visual treat, even for non-Texans. Very few states...

Mad Dinner: A Monograph on the Beijing-Based MAD Office Best Price: $32.96 MAD DINNER is the first book by MAD office, Beijing-based architectural office. Organized around...	Houston Then and Now (Then & Now) Best Price: $10.68 ive looked at several of these books on different cities, and frankly they are very...	Tall Buildings Best Price: $16.56 25 selected, half realized and half not projects are very well depicted in this survey by...	21st Century Office Best Price: $19.80 This was a visually impressive book on modern office fit-outs. The book did however lack...

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