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Get Your House Right

Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid

By: Marianne Cusato,Ben Pentreath,Richard Sammons,Leon Krier

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Get Your House Right

Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid

By: Marianne Cusato,Ben Pentreath,Richard Sammons,Leon Krier

“[A] much needed book both for homeowners who want a beautiful and well proportioned house and for the professionals who help them to realize that dream.” —Sarah Susanka, FAIA, architect and author of The Not So Big series and Home by Design Even as oversized McMansions continue to elbow their way into tiny lots nationwide, a much different trend has taken shape. This return to traditional architectural principles venerates qualities that once were taken for granted in home design: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness to a neighborhood, and even sustainability. Marianne Cusato, creator of the award–winning Katrina Cottages, has authored and illustrated this definitive guide to what makes houses look and feel right—to the eye and to the soul. She teaches us the language and grammar of classical architecture, revealing how balance, harmony, and detail all contribute to creating a home that will be loved rather than tolerated. And she takes us through the dos and don’ts of every element of home design, from dormers to doorways to columns. Integral to the book are its hundreds of elegant line drawings—clearly rendering the varieties of lintels and cornices, arches and eaves, and displaying “avoid” and “use” versions of the same elements side by side. “This ‘Rosetta stone’ of design will guarantee Cusato a place in the history of twenty-first century American architecture.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer “[Cusato] provides a vision of how we live together and build on our planet, and points out the consequences of flawed building practices not only to our environment, but to our spirit and our soul.” —Michael Lykoudis, Dean, University of Notre Dame School of Architecture

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425

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Union Square + ORM

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1402776225

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9781402776229

The Collected Works of Richard Edwards

Politics, Poetry and Performance in Sixteenth-Century England

By: Richard Edwards,Ros King

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The Collected Works of Richard Edwards

Politics, Poetry and Performance in Sixteenth-Century England

By: Richard Edwards,Ros King

The heart of this book is its fully annotated, critical editions of the surviving work of Richard Edwards, one of the most influential poets and dramatists writing in England before Shakespeare. Ros King's extensive introduction, identifying the holes in the documentary evidence that might accommodate this important but now little known writer, rewrites the history of pre-Shakespearean drama, illustrates new approaches to sixteenth-century prosody and to the modernisation of dramatic poetry, and re-evaluates the public role of theatre and poetry during a particularly turbulent period in English history.While it will be essential reading for specialist scholars, it will also be of much wider interest. The introduction is highly accessible which makes it an appropriate text-book for students in a field where few textbooks are available. It will appeal to the current appetite among the reading public for biography, while the play, poems and songs are themselves very appealing.

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296

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Manchester University Press

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0719052998

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9780719052996

Strachey's Folly

By: Richard Stevenson

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Strachey's Folly

By: Richard Stevenson

PI Donald Strachey attends the showing of an aids quilt in Washington and sees a panel for a man who is not dead. When that man becomes the object of an attack, shortly afterwards, Strachey realizes the panel was no fluke.

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255

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ManLove Romance Press

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1608200078

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9781608200078

Audel Complete Building Construction

By: Mark Richard Miller,Rex Miller,Eugene Leger

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Audel Complete Building Construction

By: Mark Richard Miller,Rex Miller,Eugene Leger

You can build on this foundation Whether construction is your livelihood or you're just planning a home addition, you need to know the latest about materials, methods, and more. From locating the structure on the site to installing roof shingles, this book helps you make responsible decisions about every stage of building construction. Fully updated with information about available resources, new materials, and recent code changes, it helps you build cost-effective, energy-efficient structures with confidence. * Understand how different types of lots, covenants, and zoning will affect structure placement * Consider the Air Freezing Index and Degree Days when planning foundations * Look at the pros and cons of welded wire fabric in concrete work * Explore low-E window glass, heat mirror, and switchable glazings * Find out what insulation and ventilation procedures are most effective * Learn about the properties of Gypsonite(TM) and FiberBond(TM) in interior construction * Handle the radon hazard and other environmental issues

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720

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John Wiley & Sons

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0764578790

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9780764578793

Houses & History in the March of Wales

Radnorshire 1400-1800

By: Richard Suggett

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Houses & History in the March of Wales

Radnorshire 1400-1800

By: Richard Suggett

Cyfrol ddarluniadol llawn a chynhwysfawr yn dangos ôl ymchwil trylwyr yn cynnwys cyfoeth o wybodaeth am hanes adeiladau o darddiad canol oesol ym Maesyfed. Dros 600 llun du-a-gwyn, 5 llun lliw a 15 map. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales

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1871184231

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9781871184235

English Convents in Exile, 1600-1800, Part II, vol 6

By: Caroline Bowden,Katrien Daemen-de Gelder,James E Kelly,Richard G Williams,Carmen M Mangion,Michael Questier,Emma Major

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English Convents in Exile, 1600-1800, Part II, vol 6

By: Caroline Bowden,Katrien Daemen-de Gelder,James E Kelly,Richard G Williams,Carmen M Mangion,Michael Questier,Emma Major

Between 1600 and 1800 around 4,000 Catholic women left England for a life of exile in the convents of France, Flanders, Portugal and America. These closed communities offered religious contemplation and safety, but also provided an environment of concentrated female intellectualism. The nuns’ writings from this time form a unique resource.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040249337

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9781040249338

The Houses of Hereford 1200-1700

By: Nigel Baker,Pat Hughes,Richard K. Morriss

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The Houses of Hereford 1200-1700

By: Nigel Baker,Pat Hughes,Richard K. Morriss

The cathedral city of Hereford is one of the best-kept historical secrets of the Welsh Marches. Although its Anglo-Saxon development is well known from a series of classic excavations in the 1960s and ’70s, what is less widely known is that the city boasts an astonishingly well-preserved medieval plan and contains some of the earliest houses still in everyday use anywhere in England. Three leading authorities on the buildings of the English Midlands have joined forces combining detailed archaeological surveys, primary historical research, and topographical analysis to examine 24 of the most important buildings, from the great hall of the Bishop’s Palace of c.1190, to the first surviving brick town-house of c.1690. Fully illustrated with photographs, historic maps, and explanatory diagrams, the case-studies include canonical and mercantile hall-houses of the Middle Ages, mansions, commercial premises, and simple suburban dwellings of the early modern period. Owners and builders are identified from documentary sources wherever possible, from the Bishop of Hereford and the medieval cathedral canons, through civic office-holding merchant dynasties, to minor tradesmen otherwise known only for their brushes with the law.

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225

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Oxbow Books

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1785708198

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9781785708190

Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Layout, Foundation, and Framing

By: Mark Richard Miller,Rex Miller

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Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Layout, Foundation, and Framing

By: Mark Richard Miller,Rex Miller

Here's knowledge you can build on Whether you're building a storage shed or your dream house, the same principles govern choosing a site, setting the foundation, erecting the walls, and putting on the roof. This handy how-to guide has been totally revised and updated to cover new building materials and the latest techniques in construction and framing. It's where to find answers and solutions, from the first stake to the last roofing nail. * Choose an appropriate site and lay out the structure * Construct a foundation that meets structural needs and weather conditions * Work with block building materials * Understand balloon frame, post-and-beam, and platform frame construction * Calculate rafter length and choose the right roofing materials * Install skylights, cornices, doors, windows, and various types of siding

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John Wiley & Sons

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0764571125

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9780764571121

Book's by Richard Dormer

Get Your House Right

Get Your House Right

The Collected Works of Richard Edwards

The Collected Works of Richard Edwards

Strachey's Folly

Strachey's Folly

Audel Complete Building Construction

Audel Complete Building Construction

Houses & History in the March of Wales

Houses & History in the March of Wales

English Convents in Exile, 1600-1800, Part II, vol 6

English Convents in Exile, 1600-1800, Part II, vol 6

The Houses of Hereford 1200-1700

The Houses of Hereford 1200-1700

Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Layout, Foundation, and Framing

Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Layout, Foundation, and Framing

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