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Big Designs For Small Kitchens Description: The book proposes straightforward, efficient and attractive solutions for kitchens in small spaces. One of the chapters could feature the manufacturers and even include kitchens not only from homes but also from caravans, sailboats, restaurants, mobile homes, home studios..A truly practical book offering solutions.... Read More about the "Big Designs For Small Kitchens" on the The Nile Book Store Website

QUADRILLE PUBLISHING
Eco Description: Eco demonstrates how everyone can make a difference to the planet by incorporating environmental design, decoration, and strategies for living into their home. Whether you are considering a new build, an addition to your existing home, or simply hold an interest in Eco friendly design.... Read More about the "Eco" on the The Nile Book Store Website

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INC
Magic Of Tents Description: For years, architects have enjoyed the challenge of incorporating lightweight structures fabrics, tents, canopies, membranes, and so on into their designs.Such materials are a welcome boon to architectural creativity, allowing designers to envision spaces that take innovative shapes and interact with their surroundings in ways unattainable with conventional materials. Recent years have seen an increase in the use of such structures, in part because advances in computer technology have made it easier to render and model such projects, and in part because such structures are ideally suited to today`s increasing concerns about environmentalism and sustainability. The Magic of Tents showcases innovative uses of lightweight, tented structures from across the United States and around the world from an Arizona school to an Istanbul bank, from a Miami nightclub on the beach to a private home in Germany, from corporate headquarters in Los Angeles to offices in Oslo, and many more! The book features both residential and commercial projects, projects with both exterior and interior usages, projects where the tented element is the driving component of the design, and projects that incorporate lightweight structures to accent or address a specific need. Endlessly flexible, nurturing of creativity, cost and energy-conscious, tented structures are an ideal means to address many concerns of modern architecture a creative means to not only define space, but also to transform it into something to meet all sorts of design needs, for projects both grand and small.... Read More about the "Magic Of Tents" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Images Publishing Group
Mainstream Green Description: The green buildings featured in this book are at the forefront of considerable change in the culture of new building and development, and demonstrate that sustainable design does not have to be an added cost, but can provide significant added benefits.... Read More about the "Mainstream Green" on the The Nile Book Store Website

CHRONICLE BOOKS
Mimo Description: As alluringly sultry as ever, Miami is still the reigning queen of beach resorts in the US, and the gateway to Latin America. MiMo: Miami Modern Revealed is the first comprehensive survey of the rich postwar architecture that epitomizes the romance of this subtropical destination. Well-known for its revitalized South Beach Deco architecture, Miami`s vibrant strain of modern architecture combines attention to space, form, and innovative design with a nuanced subtropical exoticism particular to the region. From humble motels to sprawling oceanside resorts, this lively and identifiable style also thrives in the city`s civic, domestic, and commercial architecture. MiMo tracks the history and development of the Magic City from the days of nightclub acts and swank hotels to the advent of the downtown crystalline skyscrapers, including detailed overviews of work by Morris Lapidus, Gilbert Fein, and regional masters Gilbert M. Fein, Norman M. Giller, and others. Preservation-minded, the authors list the important buildings which did not survive decades of redevelopment, and conclude with a chapter on the effort to protect threatened MiMo masterpieces. Hundreds of recent and period photographs from the heyday of Miami glamour round out this celebration of some of the hottest architecture in America.... Read More about the "Mimo" on the The Nile Book Store Website

HARPER COLLINS WORLD
Small Pools Description: Pools are no longer the exclusive domain of the wealthy.Now, with the advent of new technology and materials, imaginative architects and landscape designers can now create a variety of affordable pools. With lush photography, designer`s sketches and descriptive text, Small Pools presents an array of 28 pool projects-none larger than 550 sq. feet from around the world. Inspiring and affordable, the pools featured here also all show great respect for the natural spaces in which water areas have been integrated, merging perfectly with their surroundings. From the tranquil fluidity of a cliffside sheet of turquoise water to an imaginative repurposing of an old quarry to much, much more, Small Pools shows in the numerous possibilities incorporating a pool into all sorts of properties.... Read More about the "Small Pools" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Gibbs Smith
Small Strawbale Description: Small Strawbale is a meditative exploration of the innumerable reasons to consider strawbale as a viable building material. Environmentally friendly, super insulative, economical, and natural, strawbale can be used to build everything from garden walls to small homes. Small Strawbale tells the stories of people who have successfully created structures out of this easily replenishable building material, reminding us that our human roots are ultimately grounded and dependent upon the earth and its bounties. This practical guide is filled with rich photos of homes, greenhouses, studios, sheds, open-air structures and more, each pulsating with unique yet subtle creativity. Both a pragmatic construction manual and a philosophical, artistic guidebook, Small Strawbale is an inspirational starting point for a strawbale dreamer, and a great source of information for those who are ready to get bailing. Bill and Athena Steen are the authors of Built by Hand, The Straw Bale House, and The Beauty of Straw Bale Houses. They are heavily involved in their nonprofit organization, The Canelo Project. Committed to developing and educating others about simple and sustainable living, they regularly teach workshops on straw bale building and artistry with clay and lime. They live in Arizona. Wayne Bingham has worked as building program director for the state of Utah for ten years and has been in private architectural practice for twenty years. He was instrumental in developing and building the AIA Habitat for Humanity house, and served as chairperson of the AIA Committee on the Environment. His work has been published in Architectural Digest and Popular Science, among others. Bill is building a straw balehome in Teton Valley, Idaho.... Read More about the "Small Strawbale" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Images Publishing Group
The Visual Dictionary Of Chinese Architecture Description: Details of vernacular Chinese architecture have long fascinated the West. This book, illustrated by the superb line drawings of Dr Quinghua Gua, contains the English description and explanation of these often complex and wonderful details. Accompanying these descriptions is the correct Chinese calligraphic transcript.Dr Guo spent six years assembling this masterful work, and as a result has created a must for anyone with an interest in all things Chinese.... Read More about the "The Visual Dictionary Of Chinese Architecture" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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