Women of Steel and Stone By Anna M. Lewis

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Title	:	Women of Steel and Stone
Author	:	Anna M. Lewis
ISBN	:	1613745087
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	272

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An inspiration for young people who love to design, build, and work with their hands, Women of Steel and Stone tells the stories of 22 female architects, engineers, and landscape designers from the 1800s to today Engaging profiles based on historical research and firsthand interviews stress how childhood passions, perseverance, and creativity led these women to overcome c An inspiration for young people who love to design, build, and work with their hands, Women of Steel and Stone ...

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Highgrove By Charles, Prince of Wales

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Title	:	Highgrove
Author	:	Charles, Prince of Wales
ISBN	:	1855926105
Format	:	Unknown Binding
Number of Pages	:	283

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The Prince of Wales spent five years turning his Highgrove Estate in the Cotswolds into a model of environmentally benign farming and gardening This book records the successes and failures, and the lessons to be shared not only by gardeners, horticulturalists and farmers, but by everyone interested in land, in their environment In an introductory section Prince Charles s The Prince of Wales spent five years turning his Highgrove Estate in the Cotswolds into a model of environmentally benign farm...

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In Praise of Shadows By Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

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Title	:	In Praise of Shadows
Author	:	Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
ISBN	:	0918172020
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	48

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An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings The book also includes descriptions of laquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure....

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Design With Nature By Ian L. McHarg

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Title	:	Design With Nature
Author	:	Ian L. McHarg
ISBN	:	047111460X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	208

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In presenting us with a vision of organic exuberance and human delight, which ecology and ecological design promise to open up for us, McHarg revives the hope for a better world Lewis Mumford important to America and all the rest of the world in our struggle to design rational, wholesome, and productive landscapes Laurie Olin, Hanna Olin, Ltd This century In presenting us with a vision of organic exuberance and human delight, which ecology and ecological design promise to open up for us, McHarg revives t...

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Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris By David H. Pinkney

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Title	:	Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris
Author	:	David H. Pinkney
ISBN	:	0691007683
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	245

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The Granite Garden By Anne Whiston Spirn

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Title	:	The Granite Garden
Author	:	Anne Whiston Spirn
ISBN	:	0465027067
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	352

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This award winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities their air, water, geology, plant, and animal life to create better, habitable urban environments....

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Cradle to Cradle By William McDonough

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Title	:	Cradle to Cradle
Author	:	William McDonough
ISBN	:	0865475873
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	193

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Reduce, reuse, recycle, urge environmentalists in other words, do with less in order to minimize damage But as architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart point out in this provocative, visionary book, such an approach only perpetuates the one way, cradle to grave manufacturing model, dating to the Industrial Revolution, that creates such fantastic Reduce, reuse, recycle, urge environmentalists in other words, do with less in order to minimize damage But as architect William McDonough and ...

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Blenheim By Marian Fowler

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Title	:	Blenheim
Author	:	Marian Fowler
ISBN	:	067082027X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	272

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A popular biography of the greatest English house from its conception and building in the opening decade of the eighteenth century to the burial of Winston Churchill in the early 1960s Using the vast Blenheim papers now in the British Museum together with local Oxfordshire documents and archives Marian Fowler has been able to trace the history not just of its famous inh A popular biography of the greatest English house from its conception and building in the opening decade of the eighteenth century to the...

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Chateaux of the Loire By Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos

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Title	:	Chateaux of the Loire
Author	:	Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos
ISBN	:	3895085987
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	360

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The world famous chateaux of the Loire attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year In this book, the photographer Robert Polidori has captured than seventy of them in unique pictures He depicts the Chateau of Blois in its imposing beauty, the original fortifications in Chinon and Angers, and the Magnificent Azay le Rideau It goes without saying that the sp The world famous chateaux of the Loire attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year In this book, the photographer Robert P...

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Blenheim Palace By David Brontë Green

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Title	:	Blenheim Palace
Author	:	David Brontë Green
ISBN	:	0711709998
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	64

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A Vision of Britain By Charles, Prince of Wales

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Title	:	A Vision of Britain
Author	:	Charles, Prince of Wales
ISBN	:	038526903X
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	160

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Makes a personal plea for urban development that preserves the unique character and tradition of towns and cities, arguing that architecture serves the aesthetic and practical needs of the average citizen....

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The English Manor House By Jeremy Musson

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Title	:	The English Manor House
Author	:	Jeremy Musson
ISBN	:	1845132904
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	192

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An English manor house represents an architectural ideal andfor generations it has embodied civilized taste These houses have formed a core part of Country Life features over the decades and this book contains fantastic photography of them Cranborne, Canons Ashby, and Chastleton houses of timeless charm and tranquility are presented as aremany houses that fell upon hard An English manor house represents an architectural ideal and for generations it has embodied civilized taste These house...

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Biophilic Cities By Timothy Beatley

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Title	:	Biophilic Cities
Author	:	Timothy Beatley
ISBN	:	1597267155
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	208

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Tim Beatley has long been a leader in advocating for the greening of cities But too often, he notes, urban greening efforts focus on everything except nature, emphasizing such elements as public transit, renewable energy production, and energy efficient building systems While these are important aspects of reimagining urban living, they are not enough, says Beatley We Tim Beatley has long been a leader in advocating for the greening of cities But too often, he notes, urban greening efforts focus...

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Chartres Cathedral By Sonia Halliday

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Title	:	Chartres Cathedral
Author	:	Sonia Halliday
ISBN	:	1878351540
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	96

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The author is the world s foremost authority on Chartres, and is in residence there most of the year He shows us the history of the cathedral and teaches us how to read the world famous stained glass and sculpture, explaining the references to Scripture and the teachings of the Church Chartres alone, of all the great medieval churches, has survived into the 20th centur The author is the world s foremost authority on Chartres, and is in residence there most of the year He shows us the h...

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