Frank O. Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
by Coosje Van Bruggen


Publisher Comments
No building has been more anticipated than Frank Gehry's stunning new Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, an industrial city in the Basque country of northern Spain. In a cover story for the New York Times Magazine, Herbert Muschamp wrote of it, "The word is... (read more)

Your Price $24.98
(Sale - Hardcover)

add to wish list

Off the Grid Homes
by Lori Ryker


Publisher Comments
Off the Grid Homes Case Studies for Sustainable Living Lori Ryker Photographs by Audrey Hall Off the Grid Homes looks at six contemporary architectural projects that integrate alternative technologies for generating and conserving energy. Being off the... (read more)

List Price $21.95
Your Price $8.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

add to wish list

25 Apartments and Lofts Under 2500 Square Feet
by James Grays Trulove


Publisher Comments
The apartments and lofts featured here highlight the latest architecture and design innovations, with an emphasis on open space and materials such as glass, plastic, steel, and stone. The book explores the joy of living in carefully designed spaces... (read more)

List Price $39.95
Your Price $16.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

add to wish list

Architecture of Happiness
by Alain De Botton


Publisher Comments
Bestselling author Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we would stand a better chance of happiness. In this witty, erudite look at how we shape, and are... (read more)

Your Price $15.98
(Sale - Hardcover)

add to wish list

Western Landscaping
by Sunset


Publisher Comments
This companion book to the much-beloved "Western Garden Book" is packed with expert advice from landscape designers, gardeners, and others, and addresses climatic, soil, and topographical challenges and solutions for the West.... (read more)

Your Price $10.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

add to wish list

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
by James Stevens Curl


Publisher Comments
Contains over 5,000 entries, beautifully illustrated and written in a clear and concise style.... (read more)

Your Price $8.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

add to wish list

Architecture Styles Spotter's Guide: Classical Temples to Soaring Skyscrapers
by Sarah Cunliffe


Publisher Comments
To the average Joe, a building is a building; but to an architecture spotter, a building is much more. It's a post-modern masterpiece, an Edwardian edifice, an art deco domain, a prairie-style palace. In the Architecture Styles Spotter's Guide... (read more)

Your Price $8.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

add to wish list

Not So Big Solutions for Your Home
by Sarah Susanka


Publisher Comments
Sarah Susanka's Not So Big Solutions for Your Home explores practical design ideas that can transform any house into a great house that looks, works and feels right for the owner. Sarah Susanka, whose previous best-selling books showed homeowners how to... (read more)

Your Price $8.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

add to wish list

Concrete Architecture
by Catherine Croft


Publisher Comments
No longer the material of choice for just factories and industrial buildings, concrete is now fashionable and chic, adorning shops, restaurants, homes, and landscapes with its desirable, tactile surfaces. This reversal of fortune can be attributed to its... (read more)

List Price $45.00
Your Price $19.98
(Sale - Hardcover)

add to wish list

The Ranch House
by Alan Hess


Publisher Comments
The trend is unmistakable. The Ranch-style house, a phenomenal success in the '40s, '50s, and '60s, is making a comeback. Like the enthusiastic embrace of Modern-style houses in the past decade, the Ranch house today is being snatched up and restored all... (read more)

Your Price $22.98
(Sale - Hardcover)

add to wish list

Outside the Not So Big House
by Julie Moir Messervy and Sarah Susanka




Powells.com Staff Pick
For years I've drawn inspiration from the architectural principles in Sarah Susanka's Not So Big House series. Now, at last, Susanka (with landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy) opens the doors to extend her principles into the yard. Yes, many of the... (read more)

Your Price $12.98
(Sale - Hardcover)

add to wish list

The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-made Landscape
by James Howard Kunstler


Publisher Comments
In this "eminently relevant and important book" (Library Journal), the author traces the evolution of America's landscape, where every place looks like no place in particular, and where accommodating the automobile jeopardizes the individual and the... (read more)

List Price $15.00
Your Price $6.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

add to wish list

Small Eco-Houses
by


Publisher Comments
The emergence of a greater awareness of the environment, the application of more and new technical knowledge and the use of traditional construction methods, such as orientation towards the sun, are motivating a growing number of owners to have... (read more)

Your Price $14.99
(Sale - Trade Paper)

add to wish list

30 Bridges
by Matthew Wells


Publisher Comments
This captivating reference analyzes 30 bridges around the world that show cutting-edge architectural and engineering trends. Each bridge is displayed in color while accompanying text and drawings demonstrate construction techniques.... (read more)

Your Price $24.98
(Sale - Hardcover)

add to wish list

A-Frame
by Chad Randl


Publisher Comments
Similar to 'Paint By Number', this book examines the leisure building/do-it-yourself phenomenon that hit the middle class during the 1950s and 1960s.... (read more)

Your Price $10.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

add to wish list

Building with Nature: Inspiration for the Arts & Crafts Home
by Leslie M. Freudenheim


Publisher Comments
This new edition of the classic, Building with Nature: Roots of the San Francisco Bay Region Tradition, focuses on the beginnings (1865 and on) of the Bay Area shingle style and Arts & Crafts collaboration in California, and the origins of the trend... (read more)

Your Price $16.98
(Sale - Hardcover)

add to wish list

Updating Classic America Bungalows: Design Ideas for Renovating, Remodeling, and Building New
by M Caren Connolly


Publisher Comments
Bungalows is a unique combination of outstanding designs and proven ideas for renovating, remodeling, and building a bungalow style home. Featuring over 20 case studies of updated homes and bungalows built from scratch, the book is illustrated with... (read more)

Your Price $8.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

add to wish list

Kit Homes Modern
by Ima Ebong


Publisher Comments
Kit homes have been around for nearly a century, but they've gained popularity in recent years thanks to fresh new designs and consumers looking for more affordable housing options in an expensive real estate market. A kit home -- even more do-it... (read more)

Your Price $15.98
(Sale - Hardcover)

add to wish list