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Virtues of the Ranch House
"These modest homes were the fulfillment of the American middle-class dream, bringing a higher standard of living to average people, and giving birth to a whole new way of life. There is a type of beauty in their simplicity, their efficient use of space, and the creativity with which they employed inexpensive materials to deliver a modern look." ~Rob Keil
Beautiful Book, Important Topic
This is a great book that finally gives America's "average" midcentury tract houses their due. The photos are beautiful and the information is great. Eichler, Levittown, Westlake, and other midcentury neighborhoods are pictured along with detailed information on remodeling, restoring, and preserving these underappreciated little gems of modernism. It's a nice coffee-table presentation of the subject that is pleasing to just flip through for the sake of the photos, but also informative enough to spend some real time with.

Mid-Century Marvels
Having just purchased my 1954 Mid-Century Marvel I was ecstatic to find this book.It has become an essential resource guide to help me restore my Mid-Century Marvel to its former glory.It is full of gorgeous photography, decorating ideas, and it even has a section on landscaping.This book is a must have for any Mid-Century enthusiast.Simply, excellent!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Architectural Design    3. Architecture    4. Design & Construction    5. Domestic    6. History - Specific Styles    7. Home Improvement / Construction    8. Interior Design - General    9. Ranch houses    10. Residential Buildings Architecture    11. U.S. Architecture - General    12. United States    13. House & Home / Decorating   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. Architecture    4. Catalogs    5. Decoration & Ornament    6. France    7. Furniture    8. History    9. Interior Design - General    10. Interior decoration    11. Interior design   

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Must have for designers!!!!!!
Very informative and loaded with pictures of gorgeous fabrics from one of the top fabric design houses in the world. A must have for designers or anyone in the interior design business who deal with high end fabrics and trims on a regular basis. Would highly recommend this book!!!!

Sensuous fabrics, trims, and more!
This book has great historical information on the Scalamandre family and brand in addition to fabulous room photos.

Scalamandre review
This is one of the most beautiful books on Interior Design.It does not have a lot of type to clutter the beautiful photos.It will remain an historical account of an historic company that exposes beautiful fabrics to a discerning clientele.It should be in everyone's library...... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Decorating    2. Decorating - General    3. Home Improvement / Construction    4. House & Home    5. Interior Design - General    6. Scalamandre (Firm)    7. Scalamandrâe (Firm)    8. Textile fabrics in interior de    9. Textile fabrics in interior decoration    10. Home furnishing & decoration    11. House & Home / Decorating   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Architecture, Domestic    3. Details    4. Great Britain    5. History - General    6. History Of Architecture    7. Interior Design - Style Books    8. Interior architecture    9. Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings    10. Reference    11. Architecture - Details    12. Architecture / Historic Preservation   

Subjects:  1. Architectural Design    2. Architecture    3. Criticism    4. Design & Drafting    5. Architecture / History    6. Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building    7. Zumthor, Peter   

Subjects:  1. Architectural Drawing    2. CAD-CAM - General    3. Cad/Cam    4. Computer Books: General    5. Computers    6. Computers - General Information    7. Design & Drafting    8. Computer aided design (CAD)    9. Computer graphics software    10. Computers / CAD-CAM / General   

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Wonderful book, great pictures
This book contains a wonderful pictorial view of stone houses, better than I've ever seen.It includes all forms of construction and gives very informative descriptions of each style.The history related here is invaluable to the reader, as it takes you back in time. The pictures are full color and very articulately done.I found the colors presented in the homes helpful to me in restoring our stone house, built in the 1830's.This book is more than a "coffee table" book, it's a history lesson.

Great book
Wonderful photos and very interesting and informative text.
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Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Design & Construction    3. Domestic    4. Historic Preservation    5. Architecture / Domestic    6. Pennsylvania    7. Residential buildings, domestic buildings   

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Fast Track to acquire best skills
I have worked for 3 years in project management company about construction, but I cannot establish transparent concepts about Project Management. At the moment, this book was messiah to me almost drowning in deep mud pool of construction field. Most of all not only beginners to PM but also skillful PM can gain lots of useful informations from this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Construction - General    2. Construction industry    3. Engineering - Civil    4. Engineering - Industrial    5. Engineering Construction Management    6. Industrial Project Management    7. Management    8. Management - General    9. Project Management    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Building construction & materials    14. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

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The true value of this book . . .
I can only speculate that this book is, as was one of the previous editions I've read, used and loved, is bound to provide an exceptional foundational education in the skill of technical (engineering design) drawing/drafting for those with the natural aptitude for freehand drawing. Readers will indeed learn about and develop precision drawing skills--whether drawing with instruments or computer.
Profoundly Frustrating
As a freshman engineering major, I have been compelled to use Technical Drawing for a graphics course.This has been a profoundly frustrating experience.It seems that the authors, in their zeal to attain unto the dry, lifeless style characteristic of most professional engineering publications, also unintentionally created a text which is superlatively unclear.
One of the best sources available
This book is loaded with technical information for the dratsman and designer. A must have for anyone who is in the mechanical technology field. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - General    2. Cad/Cam    3. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    4. Drafting Technology    5. Engineering - General    6. Mechanical drawing    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Computers / CAD-CAM / General    11. Engineering graphics & technical drawing   

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very good little handbook, but really ugly
This book is full of information, and is really well laid out. I use it frequently in the 2D class I teach, along with two other 2D design books. I like the clarity and the examples. However, there's no getting away from the fact that although this book is loaded with great stuff, that it is also as ugly and cheesy looking as a bad Xerox. That might be okay for a math book, but ummmmm, 2D design?

A tiny gem
A romp through the construction of visual form and pattern. This book is subtle yet deep. Although the example designs are not exquisitely rendered (but rather student projects), the principles that Wong exposes should be part of any designers knowledge base. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Design    3. Design & Drafting    4. Reference    5. Computers / Computer Graphics / Design    6. Industrial / Commercial Art & Design   

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The Poster Book
The book is giant in size (12.3" x 12.4" x 1.4") with extra large poster size photographs, some of them covering 2 sf areas.
Great compilation of recently completed houses in a handsome book!
Recently published by Rizzoli, this handsome book is a collection of the most recent or newly built houses that go beyond convention.Author Michael Webb selected forty houses from five continents that exemplify the various types of houses throughout the world today that truly one of a kind. The houses featured are by some of the most gifted architects whose practice are of all different scales.Houses by large firms such as Richard Meier & Partners are included as well as small or single practices such as Glenn Murcutt.Each project is beautifully portrayed in large border less photos along with a detailed explanation of the project contained in about eight pages.Handsomely crafted in a one square foot volume, this compilation should be on the must have list of professionals as well as house enthusiasts who want to know today's artistic and inventive solution to the age old concept of a house.
Dream Houses
I've seen a lot of books on new houses, but this one stands out from the crowd. The selection of 40 new residences covers the world, from a forest in northern Japan to an idyllic bay in New Zealand, by way of Lake Bled in Slovenia and a hillside in Mexico City. There are masterpieces by celebrated architects and exciting work by people who deserve to be better knownThe brief text explores each house and the needs and personalities of its owners. The pictures are exceptional and are printed large enough that you can imagine yourself walking through these rooms. Now I've bought it the biggest challenge is to discourage friends from "borrowing" it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Domestic    3. Residential Buildings Architecture    4. Architecture / Domestic   

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Another hit from the Core series! Awsome job!
This is an excellent book for all Security Practitioners. FromIdentity Managment to Mutli-factor athentication this book provides examples and clear description of many important concepts. The bookcovers enterprise patterns for access contol, federatation and identity management. Like the J2ee patterns, I see this book being an important/practical addition for the security community.
A classic security book for java guys
I picked this book to read about using smartcard and biometrics in j2ee application. I am really amazed to see, this is the only book in the market to illustrate how to put together all three factors of authentication in a j2ee application. More compelling, the authors did a terrific job to cover every possible security option that adds value to j2ee application. The patterns and best practices for application security architecture and design strategies for the presentation tier, business tier, and Webservices tier of j2ee platform are very promising and helpful.
Recommended for All Security Architects
I have found all the Sun "Core" Java books to be at cut above, but this one differs in that while obviously Java-centric, much of the patterns dicussed are relevant to all development platforms. I'd recommend this book to developers and architects of web services and web applications regardless of their preferred development environment. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Business Enterprise    3. Computer Books: Languages    4. Computer security    5. Computers    6. Computers - Languages / Programming    7. Java (Computer program language)    8. New Business Enterprises    9. Programming Languages - General    10. Programming Languages - Java    11. Security - General    12. Computers / Programming Languages / Java    13. Data security & data encryption    14. Network security   

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makes autocad easy to learn
what i like about this book, over the books that come from autodesk, the makers of autocad, is that it's trimmed down. it isn't filled with lots of extra stuff you will never use. this book is simple and straight forward, which is what you need when you're using a monster of a program like autocad. the reason for the monster, is so anyone, with varied applications, can use this program. ideally, the program be would customized per use; eg there could be autocad for drawing small mechanical parts, one for designing hvac systems, one for architecture (this finally exists in the form of autocad architectual desktop), one for circuit design, etc. with specialized versions of autocad, a manual could be written specific for each use. maybe this type of manual exists already, using autocad for each specific use, but i haven't found it yet. Excellent, Cost Efficient, Methodical
Just as any study text should be, this book is plodding in its presentation. As an engineer familiar with AutoCAD 11 but very rusty indeed, this manual was a relief. I easily mastered all of its concepts and even managed to figure it out ahead of the author's demonstration. For its price, this is the place to go for any beginner or, like me, an old dog learning, or in my case, re-learning old tricks. The book starts out slow with basic line commands and builds slowly. It was difficult sometimes, and I sometimes referred to a second book as a reference; this is usually a good idea unless you are a masochist -- buy a second highly recommended book. Later, the manual goes into more sophisticated drawings. It has not been effortless but the author should be commended for achieving his goal of making learning AutoCAD as painless as possible. And, the price is reasonable. In 2002, I took an AutoCAD LT class. It was far more difficult and less comprehensible than this manual. It seems to me, that a company could save money by using this text instead and allowing self-paced training.
Recommended for beginners
Simple, step by step instructions make this book a very smart choice for beginners. I am a student and purchased this book for school. AutoCAD does take patience to learn. This book walks you step-by-step through the process.
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Subjects:  1. Autocad    2. CAD-CAM - AutoCad    3. CAD-CAM - General    4. Computer Books: General    5. Computers    6. Computers - Desktop Publishing    7. Computers - General Information    8. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    9. Computer aided design (CAD)    10. Computers / CAD-CAM / General   

Reviews (1)

Great book to learn about VMM.
I got this book at work to learn about VMM and the use of it.
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Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - General    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Electronics - Circuits - General    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Integrated circuits    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Verification    9. Verilog (Computer hardware description language)    10. Applications of Computing    11. Assertion-based verification    12. Computing and Information Technology    13. Description language    14. Electrical engineering    15. Electronics engineering    16. Functional verification    17. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General    18. Test benches    19. Verification standards    20. system-on-chip   

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Excellent book for Microstation beginner
This book explains every commands in Microstation, has pictures of every dialog boxes there are and the exercises inside the CD will take you step by step through everything cover in the chapter.A very good book to learn at home by yourself.Recommend for AutoCAD or beginning user.

Helped me go from AutoCAD to Microstation
I am fairly familiar with AutoCAD but was pretty lost when it came to Microstation.I found this book very helpful to get me up to speed in Mictrostation.With the background I had in AutoCAD I quickly got through most of this book.I spent about 3 days in the book and feel pretty comfortable with the nuts and bolts of Microstation.

Preferable to _Inside MicroStation_
Looking to train our user base as part of our V8 migration, we conducted a quick study of the available published books on V8. Bentley's own supplied course material are fine as workbooks, but not much use otherwise and no doubt are gathering dust on many shelves the world over.Read more

Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - General    2. Computer programs    3. Computer-aided design    4. Design & Drafting    5. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    6. Engineering - Mechanical    7. MicroStation    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Business information systems    12. Computer aided design (CAD)    13. Computers / Information Technology   

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Disregard the other review
This book has nothing to do with horror, unless you consider "fights" (for lack of a better way to describe it without going dirty) between a brother and sister. The actual tale revolves around a grandfather explaining how precious and fast time can be, and how it can get away if you are not careful. This is not Mr. King's strongest work, but it is a nice story. Save your money if you just want to read the tale, and get King's "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" short story collection with this story included.
My Pretty Pony
The book is idealy just a horror flick brought to words. Though, it gives King a chance to use his horror skills from other books and roll it into one. The actual plot of a powerful horse is a little absurd but it is allexplained. Overall, the book is nothing less than the supreme. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. General    3. Horror    4. King, Stephen - Prose & Criticism    5. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Business Software - General    2. CAD-CAM - General    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computers    5. Computers - Integrated Software    6. Programming - General   

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Sun-drenched colors of Southern France
"French country decorating at its finest is the harmonious mingling of fabrics, textures, and patterns - an artistic blending of the familiar with warmth and sophistication." For Americans creating French style, who can't go toFrance
Ok, so this isn't "authentic French Provence design." Suppose you won't be visiting Aix-en-Provence and running around looking for all the pieces you need, and then figuring out how to fill up a shipping container and send it through customs, etc etc, (can you imagine doing this in a foreign country in a foreign language?!) You just aren't going to find a lot of genuine French furnishing and fabrics in the US. What if you want to use French elements in your decorating (as we did) and only have access to American furniture lines and the fabrics sold here? French Provencal style influences American interiors
I found this book a wonderful view of French Provencal style, blended with American verve and elegance. Many of us have traveled in France, and know the French are also very influenced by the freshness and ease of American design. Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Decorating    3. Decoration & Ornament    4. Decoration and ornament, Rusti    5. Decoration and ornament, Rustic    6. Do-It-Yourself - General    7. France    8. History    9. Home Improvement / Construction    10. House & Home    11. Influence    12. Interior Design - Style Books    13. Interior decoration    14. Residential Interior Design    15. United States    16. Home furnishing & decoration    17. House & Home / Decorating    18. Interior design   

Reviews (8)

Short review
A very interessting and nice book if you are a fan of japanese architecture. Great pictures and very good information about the ancient and actuel way of life in Japan.

Great Inspiration
Book has many different design themes all with first rate photography to inspire anyone considering a remodel or who just has an appreciation of Japanese architecture.

should cherish the style as Japanese too
I am a man that lives in Tokyo, the metropolitan of Japan. Recently in about thirty years, Japanese living styles have changed extremely, that is, the styles are getting to be foreign styles, the windows: not Syouji, tables: not Tyabudai, floorings: not tatami and so on. Especially in big city like Tokyo, Oosaka and Nagoya the tendency is plain. Though there will be the many reasons that recent Japan have gotten to be such situations, recent Japanese especially young men may wish such cool design like European style, for instance, a data was reported a few years ago, the length of foots per over-all body height of Japanese students have gotten to be long, some specialists of the genre say that the cause will be that young men use chairs of styles that stretch their legs, not the Seiza style that have existed from long ago. Off course the cause may be by other aspects like abundant foods. But I approve about the opinion of specialists too.
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Subjects:  1. Architectural Detail    2. Architecture    3. Decoration & Ornament    4. Design & Construction    5. Interior Design - General    6. International Architecture - Asian    7. Residential Interior Design   

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A must-have
I am a landscape architecture student in new zealand, this is basically the text book we use for a couple of our design studios. The graphics in the book are so helpful to my projects and it sure helped me improve my graphic skills. I reckon it is a definitely must-have for all landscape students or landscape architects:) highly recommand!

Landscape Graphics Plan, Section, and Perspective Drawing of Landscape Spaces
Excellent resource for learning how to draw trees, vegetation and other elements for architectural presentation drawings.Many of the drawings can be photocopied and pasted on your own drawings and the author encourages you to do so if you are sketch-ability-deficient.Very good value.

Great For Beginners!
I am a beginning landscape architecture student, and I found this book to be extremely helpful, as I am beginning to learn how to design proper plans. This book breaks down the basic tools to use for drafting, basic concept diagram info, great info on plan views, sections and section elevations. There is also a really helpful library of symbols (both plan and section) that I use all the time! Highly recommended for beginners! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Designs and plans    3. Landscape    4. Landscape architectural drawin    5. Landscape architectural drawing    6. Landscape architecture    7. Drawing & drawings    8. Landscape art & architecture