Materials Books


Transmaterial 2: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environment Best Price: $16.43 Transmaterial II is a great catalog of the new materials and combinations of older ones for...	Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine our Physical Environment Best Price: $12.00 I bought this book long time ago and it proved to be a great choice. Whenever I need an unusual...	Sun, Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies, 2nd Edition Best Price: $56.93 This is one of the best books I've seen that address building architectural design...	Materials for Design Best Price: $24.95 It is really a nice book. The definitions for each material are clearly represented. The case...	Land Developer's Checklists and Forms Best Price: $11.53 Although this book gives good examples and PDF downloadable forms I found it somewhat lacking. ...



Good Green Homes Best Price: $13.41 This is an excellent book for those seeking an introduction to environmentally sound home...	Cabins and Camps Best Price: $39.34 I enjoyed this book but found it a little too rustic; kind of over-the-top for the average...	Building with Earth: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture Best Price: $37.77 The Hand-Sculpted House: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage (The Real...	Facade Construction Manual (Construction Manuals (englisch)) Best Price: $91.35 excellent reference manual as all the books from the DETAIL series,... very recommended	More Straw Bale Building: A Complete Guide to Designing and Building with Straw (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series) Best Price: $18.97 I was very impressed with the level of detail and thoroughness in how the authors explained...



Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down Best Price: $7.58 I'm a starting-out engineer with a degree in aerospace. This is the sort of book that I...	Thermal Delight in Architecture Best Price: $12.89 I purchased this book for use with my Thesis research, and have been quite pleased with it. The...	In Detail: High-Density Housing: Concepts, Planning, Construction (In Detail (englisch)) Best Price: $53.09 In view of the growing number of diverse life styles, the search for flexible, adaptable floor...	Green Building Products: The GreenSpec Guide to Residential Building Materials Best Price: $19.00 A must have for any green designer, builder or home owner who wants to do the right thing.	Carpentry & Construction Best Price: $24.98 The project I'm working on right now in the hundred year old house I bought is refinishing some...

Modern Cabin Best Price: $15.93 If I was a lived across the pond and was high on the powerful scent of the Euro as so many...	The Barefoot Architect Best Price: $12.20 This is the first English translation of The Barefoot Architect (TBA), which was originally...	Olin's Construction: Principles, Materials, and Methods Best Price: $92.00 Get the industry standardupdated for a new age of construction. For more than fifty...	Building With Reclaimed Materials (Beta Plus) Best Price: $68.80 Antique building materials immediately give timeless, inimitable style to a new or restored...	Piet Boon 2 Best Price: $75.05 Both monographs on Boon's work are spectacular - he deserves much greater recognition outside of...

Ten Shades of Green: Architecture and the Natural World Best Price: $15.38 Peter Buchanan's TEN SHADES OF GREEN: ARCHITECTURE AND THE NATURAL WORLD centers on ten...	Prefab Prototypes: Site-Specific Design for Offsite Construction Best Price: $25.95 The craft of this book is as enhancing as many other that have won awards over the past decades....	Treehouses: Living a Dream Best Price: $5.99 I bought some books on tree houses cause I want to build one. This was no help. Nice pictures...	Concrete Architecture Best Price: $6.47 An ideal book that lent us all kinds of possibilities for the design of our new home. The full...	Urban Design: A typology of Procedures and Products. Illustrated with over 50 Case Studies Best Price: $37.67 This is not a comprehensive book on the field of Urban Design. Although this is obvious from the...

$Geodesic Math and How to Use It$ Geodesic Math and How to Use It Best Price: $13.73 I don't like to spend money on information that I can get for free. I found plenty of free...	Hotels and Resorts: Planning and Design (Butterworth Architecture Design and Development Guides) Best Price: $93.07 Great book, only negative is that it's a little out of date now. Last update was in 1995 which...	Built By Hand Best Price: $19.99 I've been looking for a book on private structures, not public buildings or houses by famous...	Commercial Metal Stud Framing Best Price: $29.51 I am a practicing structural engineer. I have designed many light gage frames and seen them...	Metric Handbook, Third Edition Best Price: $56.70 I am an Architect dealing with planning and early stages of projects. This book is concise,...

The Tire House Book Best Price: $11.53 Not as helpful or informative as I had expected and hoped for. It could have done with more...	Glass Construction Manual (Construction Manuals (englisch)) Best Price: $56.67 Excellent book, very thorough: from history of glass, through technical and mechanical...	Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods Best Price: $24.99 This is BY FAR one of the best and most thorough construction books I've seen to date. There are...	New Waterscapes: Planning, Building and Designing with Water Best Price: $52.89 Attractive international projects with, by and in water. After decades of being banished from...	Prefab Best Price: $8.47 I am using PREFAB to help me define differences in prefabrication techniques and this book...

Detail in Process: Detail in Process (AsBuilt) Best Price: $35.64 This is the second book in the new AsBuilt series. Its like the In Detail series with...	Interior Design: Materials and Specifications Best Price: $81.00	How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture Best Price: $19.99 The underlying premise of this book is that architecture is an imitation and application of the...	Green By Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living Best Price: $10.92 This introductory guide to sustainable living will give you new ideas for building your home in...	Studio at Large: Architecture in Service of Global Communities Best Price: $18.81 This is a great book for both those people who are interested in learning about or those people...

Build Your Own Stonehenge (Running Press Mini Kits) Best Price: $2.77 this little model is very well done and when assembled it looks like the real thing. Very...	Concrete: Design, Construction, Examples (Detail Practice) Best Price: $30.60 This book is produced by the creators of Detail Magazine. With this in mind I expected there to...	Visual Notes for Architects and Designers Best Price: $49.31 If my bookcase were on fire, I would be willing to burn my hand to save this book. I am...	Off The Grid Homes: Case Studies for Sunstainable Living Best Price: $8.98 Has very little for which I was looking. A lot of white space per page around pretty photos of...	Toward a New Regionalism: Environmental Architecture in the Pacific Northwest Best Price: $21.94 This just was not what I expected to get from the attached description. The book is not bad just...

Emerging Technologies and Housing Prototypes Best Price: $26.37	Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete Best Price: $27.93 This book did a fantastice job of conveying the limitless possibilities of concrete as an art...	Comfort in Any Climate Best Price: $23.50 I love the concept of earth ships and have been infatuated with them for a good while. I...	Clay and Cob Buildings (Shire Library) Best Price: $7.37 Okay, so if you're like me, you've been looking at alternate ways to own a home and have...	Exercises in Building Construction: Forty-Five Homework and Laboratory Assignments to Accompany Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods Best Price: $27.07 Exercises in Building Construction, Fourth Edition provides a fully revised, user-friendly...

Glass Houses Best Price: $17.49 Glass homes represent the intersection between the outdoor and the indoor&#8212the public...	Learning Construction Spanglish Best Price: $8.03 When construction managers need to talk about the specifics of a construction job –...	Successful RFPs in Construction Best Price: $18.53 A great guide for obtaining pricing early in the development process. Presented in a...	Architectural Research Methods Best Price: $46.76 This is a great book that fills a gap in architectural education. it tries to cover a wide range...	2003 ICC/ANSI Guidelines: For Accessible & Useable Buildings & Facilities (Icc/Ansi) Best Price: $29.99 this book has given me so much information and has helped in resolving some questions as well as...

Defect-Free Buildings (McGraw-Hill Construction Series) (McGraw-Hill Construction) Best Price: $60.76 ELIMINATE CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES AND MINIMIZE YOUR EXPOSURE TO EXPENSE AND LITIGATION WITH...	Energy-Efficient Architecture: Basics for Planning and Construction Best Price: $69.13 How is an energy efficient building created? Which are the most important criteria pertaining to...	The Designer's Workspace: Ultimate Office Design Best Price: $65.45 The Designer's Workspace presents an extensive resource of distinguished firms' responses to the...	Faster Construction Projects with CPM Scheduling Best Price: $64.99 This is by far the most interesting and comprehensive book I've ever read on project scheduling....

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