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Architectural Color: A Design Guide to Using Color on Buildings For architects and designers unfamiliar with the uses of color as a decorative element for the outside of buildings, this book serves as a comprehensive professional guidebook. ... |
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architecture de lumiere 12; le batiment et saint-gobain (architecture of light) Oversize magazine format. Extensive article about Eduardo Torroja, his philosphy and structures. Also projects by architects Jean Tschumi and Andre Aubert; Pierre Greber and Lat... |
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Architecture Drafting and Design (Midcentury Modern Plan Details) The great thing about this vintage architecture and design text is that it is an excellent look at the making of architects with a modernist sensibility. Many incredible draftin... |
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Carports & Garages (Mid Century Modern) 1964 Lots of great inspiration for the vintage modernist, showing how the California modernists handled the garage and carport dilemma. Another great California mid-century design re... |
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Contemporary Details: A Visual Sourcebook of Architectural Features, Fittings, and Decorative Finishes for 20th Century Homes. Excellent combination idea/sourcebook for contempoary home detailing from stairs to industrial doors. Beautifully photographed, hundreds of great ideas.Book itself is excellent ... |
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Fabricating Houses from Component Parts: How to Build a House for $6000 An excellent look at small, modernist component built houses by architect Norman Cherner. Divided into chapters as follows: Plans and intro, Panel Construction, Bent Constructio... |
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Finishes for Aluminum Instrumental in promoting the use of Aluminum in modern architecture and industrial design, Reynolds Metals produced several wonderful handbooks examining the use of aluminum in... |
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Fireplaces 100 different fireplaces presented in various detail from the classic to the contemporary. 160 color photographs of fireplaces makes this an excellent reference guide to remodel... |
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garden work centers 1960 Vintage desgins for garden work areas and planting areas with excellent drawings and plans, as well as photos. |
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Glass in Modern Architecture of the Bauhaus Period Originally published in German under the title Glas im Bau und als Gebrauchsgegenstand in 1926. First time published in English. One of the most important records of the glass e... |
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handbook of ornament "A grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches for practical as well as theoretical use.." 1957 reprint of 1888 publication. 3002 black and white ... |
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House Beautiful Fireplaces Fireplaces are compelling, sometimes even exotic, features of a room. More than simple household decoration, they combine elements of the practical and the artistic in both arch... |
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houses we live in, the An identifcation guide to the history and style of American domestic Architecture from Native American through Post Modern. Hundreds of color photos, well-edited, designed and w... |
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how to plan and build fireplaces 1980 another in a terrific series of Sunset do-it-yourself reference books with ideas and directions circa 1980. Black and white drawings and plans. Color photos. |
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How to Plan and Build Your Fireplace 1962 (A Sunset Book) Another in the series of fantastic Sunset books that focus on modern home design. This is devoted to fireplace design. If you are renovating a mid century modern home, or just w... |
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Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors Complete 4 Volume Set Unsurpassed reference for industrial designers, mechanical engineers, inventors, even furniture designers. Thousands of mechanical mechanisms defined in diagrams and explanatory... |
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manual of steel construction Invaluable reference for architects engineers, , furniture and product designers showing available standard mill shapes for angles, bars etc. as well as girders, struts, columns... |
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Riveting Alcoa Aluminum Vintage handbook: excellent reference for furniture designer or industrial designer. Includes information on available rivet styles and dimensions and their uses.Excellent condi... |
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structural design in metals Chapter 2, rivets, bolts, pins, functions, hole preparation, pin connections and problems. Chapter 3, welding processes, types of welds, symbols, expansion, contraction, flame c... |
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Sunset Ideas for Building Barbecues Indoor and outdoor barbecues, firepits, smoke ovens, barbecue equipment. Includes construction plans. Simple designs, to outdoor kitchens.Cover scuffed and creased. |
