Architecture & Design
How to Build an Igloo: And Other Snow Shelters
Paperback
How are the ice blocks of igloos so perfectly formed and fitted, and able, it’s been said, to withstand the weight of a polar bear?
Residential Windows: A Guide to New Technologies and Energy Performance
Third Edition
Paperback
The third edition of Residential Windows: A Guide to New Technologies and Energy Performance provides updated and expanded information on window properties and technologies, as well as new sections on such key topics as window installation, energy efficiency, and building codes.
James Marston Fitch: Selected Writings on Architecture, Preservation, and the Built Environment
Paperback
Revered as the father of historic preservation in the United States, architect James Marston Fitch was hailed by the New York Times at the time of his death in 2000 as "an architect whose writings and teachings helped transform historic preservation from a dilettante's pastime into a vigorous, broadly based cultural movement."
The Architecture of Ralph Adams Cram and His Office
Hardback
This book examines the life and works of a major architect whose buildings today surpass him in recognition.
Bertram Goodhue: His Life and Residential Architecture
Hardback
An architect of exceptional vision, whose work is still relevant today, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (1869-1924) died at a crucial moment, when he was severing his ties to traditionalism and establishing himself as the leader of a new architectural style.