Ecological Design Handbook Fred Stitt, Editor	ORDER
		Looking Around : A Journey Through Architecture Witold Rybczynski An inspired, engaging look at what architecture is and how we live and work in it--by the acclaimed author of Home and The Most Beautiful House in the World. Rybczynski discusses buildings like the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, demonstrates how architecture actually works, and more.	ORDER

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Small Houses for the Next Century Duo Dickinson

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Virtual Architecture Conway Lloyd Morgan, Giuliano Zampi A fascinating and informative introduction to the uses of 3-dimensional computer-aided design and virtual reality inarchitecture, this guide reviews the current uses of 2-D and 3-D CAD, introduces the concept of ParametricProgramming, and provides examples of how virtual reality can be used in creating client presentations. 105 full-colorillus./photos.

Eco-Tech : Sustainable Architecture and High Technology Catherine Slessor, John Linden (Photographer)

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Landmarks in the Landscape : Historic Architecture in the National Parks of the West Harvey H. Kaiser

The Architectural Metals Pack L. William Zahner This box of 35 actual metal samples compliments Zahner's book,Architectural Metals. These samples permit designers and other buildingprofessionals to evaluate surfaces andcolors. The pack includes such metals as Blackened Copper, GreenStainless Steel, Pickled Finish Titanium, Color Anodized Aluminum andPre-Weathered Zinc. This practical boxcan be used for client presentations as well as storage.

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CAD Layer Guidelines : Computer-Aided Design Management Techniques for Architecture, Engineering, and Facility Management Michael Schley (Editor), Richard Buday (Editor), Ken Sanders (Editor)

Partnering Manual for Design and Construction William C. Ronco, Jean S. "Partnering" brings together architect, engineer, client, and realestate managers in a workshop communication structure to manage projectcommunications. Required by manygovernment agencies and large corporations, partnering helps to avoidcost over runs, litigation, and delays. This volume succinctly coversall aspects of partnering, showing how it can be used most beneficiallyand discussing the core specifics of partnering, the documents, trainingand structure, and case studies. (Booknews Inc.)

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Asphalt Nation : How the Automobile Took over America, and How We Can Take It Back Jane Holtz Kay Provides a thought-provoking look at the devastating impact on America of the automobile from a political, social, economic, and cultural perspective, and offers a range of innovativesolutions to help change Americans' relationships with their cars.

The City After the Automobile : An Architect's Vision Moshe Safdie, Wendy Kohn By restricting land use and concentrating development in city centers instead of on the fringes, Safdie argues that reliance on gas-guzzling automobiles would become a nonissue.His truly is a revolutionary idea, especially for a culture that idealizes suburbia. Although some of the suggestions in The City After the Automobile might seem fanciful, anyargument in favor of better planning, less pollution, and less waste of time, money, and resources makes a lot of sense. (Amazon.com)

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Building the Getty Richard Meier The architect charged with the architectural commission of the century--the $1 billion Getty Center scheduled to open in December 1997--tells the story of the 13-year project. This is astory of an amazing creative process on a vast scale, illustrated with 100 of the architect's own stunning photographs.

American Bungalow Style Alexander Vertikoff (Photographer), Robert Milton Winter In the tradition of The Wright Style, this lush volume captures the charm of that Arts and Crafts-era building type called the bungalow--and provides a wealth of ideas for restoring and decorating these historic American homes. 300+ full-color photos. 14 black & white photos. Line drawings.

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Treehouses : The Art and Craft of Living Out on a Limb Peter Nelson, David Larkin (Editor) All you need to know about designing, constructing and "living in" treehouses.

Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings : Placement, Design and Construction Byron D. Halstead (Editor) Although it dates from a time before power tools, electricity, and gasoline, this book abounds in simple ideas that rural householders and farmers find useful today. Barns, poultry houses, piggeries, corn cribs, ice houses, spring houses, granaries, smoke houses, root cellars and even kennels and birdhouses are includes in this fascinating compendium from days gone by.

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A Pattern Language : Towns, Buildings, Construction Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein The second of three books published by the Center for Environmental Structure to provide a "working alternative to our present ideas about architecture, building, and planning," APattern Language offers a practical language for building and planning based on natural considerations. The reader is given an overview of some 250 patterns that are the units of this language, each consisting of a design problem, discussion, illustration, and solution. By understanding recurrent design problems in our environment, readers can identify extant patterns in their own design projects and use these patterns to create a language of their own. Extraordinarily thorough, coherent, and accessible, this book has become a bible for homebuilders, contractors, and developers who care about creating healthy, high-level design.

Notes on the Synthesis of Form Christopher Alexander

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Timeless Way of Building Christopher Alexander All the great principles have one thing in common. They are simple. And, after one realizes such a simple but profound principle, one can not stop wondering how one survivedwithout it's knowledge. This book gives that feeling. If you are involved in architecture of any sort- buildings, software, organization or even politics- this book is a must for you.

The Oregon Experiment Christopher Alexander

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City of Bits : Space, Place, and the Infobahn William J. Mitchell Entertaining, concise, and relentlessly probing, City of Bits offers a comprehensive introduction to a new type of city, an increasingly important system of virtual spaces interconnected by the information superhighway. "The digital realm has at last the writer it deserves."--Andrew Leonard, The Nation. 16 illustrations.

Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings Thomas Durant Visser A recognized authority on historic barn preservation, Visser has combed the New England area for the representative barns and outbuildings featured in this collection. Two hundred of Visser's photographs accompany the text, which includes accounts from 18th- and 19th-century observers, describes key architectural characteristics, historic uses, and specialfeatures such as timbers and frames, sheathings, doors, and cupolas.

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