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1	A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction more books like this by Christopher Alexander add to wishlist In this volume, 253 archetypal patterns consisting of problem statements, discussions, illustrations, and solutions provide lay persons with a framework for engaging in architectural design. see all copies from $29.99! new only from $40.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Architecture Form Space & Order more books like this by Francis D K Ching add to wishlist This title is a classic introduction to the principles of form, space, and order--the fundamental vocabulary of every designer and architect. The author interprets form, discussing point, line, plane, volume, proportion, scale, circulation, and the interdependence of form and space. He then analyzes architectural models drawn from around the world ... see all copies from $3.33! new only from $27.19! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The City Reader more books like this by Richard T LeGates (Editor), Frederic Stout (Editor) add to wishlist The fourth edition of the highly successful "The City Reader" brings together the very best of publications on the city. It includes classic writings by such authors as Lewis Mumford, Ernest W. Burgess, LeCorbusier, Lewis Wirth, Jane Jacobs, and Kevin Lynch meet the best contemporary writings of, among others, Sir Peter Hall, Richard Florida, Mike ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $49.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Peter Pan more books like this by James Matthew Barrie add to wishlist J. M. Barrie's famous story of a boy who won't grow up, and his adventures with Wendy and the lost boys in Neverland. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream more books like this by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck add to wishlist Three urban planners offer bold alternatives to the worst problems of suburban life, most specifically the problem of sprawl. see all copies from $2.40! new only from $4.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built more books like this by Stewart Brand add to wishlist This book on buildings asks the question why so many buildings punish and restrict us because almost none of them adapt well. In real use, buildings need to adapt because their uses are constantly changing. All buildings are predictions, and yet more high-style buildings are designed not to change, not to accommodate new use. A good portion of how ... see all copies from $10.76! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Blood Memory more books like this by Margaret Coel add to wishlist From the bestselling author of the Wind River mysteries comes a novel featuring Catherine McLeod, an investigative reporter for a Denver newspaper, whose coverage of the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes filing a claim for 27 million acres of their ancestral lands has made her a target for assassination. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Rosamund more books like this by Bertrice Small add to wishlist In this historical romance novel, a lovely widow inherits a manor on the border between England and Scotland. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Design with Nature more books like this by Ian L McHarg add to wishlist "In presenting us with a vision of organic exuberance and human delight, which ecology and ecological design promise to open up for us, McHarg revives the hope for a better world." -Lewis Mumford "...important to America and all the rest of the world in our struggle to design rational, wholesome, and productive landscapes." -Laurie Olin, Hanna ... see all copies from $9.75! new only from $35.97! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The death and life of great American cities more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist Jane Jacobs sets out to produce an attack on current city-planning and rebuilding in America and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on the urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the Garden City or Le Corbusier's ... see all copies from $5.65! new only from $8.75! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Contemporary Urban Planning more books like this by John M Levy add to wishlist For introductory undergraduate/first year graduate courses in Urban Planning, Urban Administration, Urban Politics, and Urban Problems in departments of political science, geography, and urban studies.Based on the author's extensive experience as a working planner, this book gives students an insider's view of sub-state urban planning--the "nitty ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.00! \| SVS
12 view cover	Facilities Planning more books like this by James A Tompkins, PH.D add to wishlist New production techniques, new material handling equipment, larger investments, higher expectations - when it comes to facilities planning there is no room for "business as usual." Today every company must insist on the highest return on their investment, not just to prosper, but to survive. Updated with the latest advances, "Facilities Planning, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Notes on the Synthesis of Form more books like this by Christopher Alexander add to wishlist "These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function." This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory of the process of design. In the first part of the book, Mr. Alexander discusses the process by which a form is adapted ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $18.07! \| SVS
14 view cover	Image of the City more books like this by Kevin Lynch add to wishlist The classic work on the evaluation of city form. see all copies from $8.29! new only from $16.27! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Four Souls more books like this by Louise Erdrich add to wishlist Louise Erdrich returns to her perennial character Fleur Pillager to tell a story of vengeance. Determined to kill a man named John James Mauser, the wealthy, underhanded developer who long ago stole her land in North Dakota, she gets a job in his Minneapolis home as a laundress. When she discovers that Mauser is actually an invalid, she knows she ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning more books like this by Leland M Roth add to wishlist This clearly written, fully illustrated survey of Western architecture defines and explains structure, function, history, and meaning. Architecture is examined as a cultural phenomenon as well as an artistic and technological achievement. The book is divided into two parts: Part One, The Elements of Architecture, deals with the basic properties of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.40! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture more books like this by Robert Venturi add to wishlist Foreword by Arthur Drexler. Introduction by Vincent Scully. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $15.17! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large more books like this by Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau, Jennifer Sigler (Editor) add to wishlist A substantial text--over 1,000 pages--documenting the career of architect Rem Koolhaas. Winner of an American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award for 1996. see all copies from $45.00! new only from $53.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Catch Me If You Can more books like this by Donna Kauffman add to wishlist Morgan brothers Austin and Jace each found love and passion in a novella included in one of two multi-author anthologies, BAD BOYS NEXT EXIT and JINGLE BELL ROCK. But brother Tag gets his very own full-length contemporary romance novel. American archaeologist Taggart "Tag" Morgan II is thrown off-guard when he learns that his recently deceased ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Tipperary more books like this by Frank DeLaney add to wishlist The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Ireland" returns to the saga of his strife-torn nation with an authentic story of love and legacy as sweeping and dramatic as the land itself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Building Big more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist In this companion to the PBS series, David Macaulay explains the logic behind the building of such mammoth works as the Hoover Dam and St. Paul's Cathedral. Named a year 2000 Notable Books by the New York Times and one of the Best Children's Books 2000 by Publishers Weekly. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Architecture: Forms, Space, & Order more books like this by Francis D. Ching add to wishlist The Second Edition of this classic introduction to the principles of architecture is everything you would expect from the celebrated architect, author, and illustrator, Francis D. K. Ching. Each page has been meticulously revised to incorporate contemporary examples of the principles of form, space, and order-the fundamental vocabulary of every ... see all copies from $4.21! new only from $44.11! \| first editions
23 view cover	Brother Eagle, Sister Sky more books like this by Seattle, Susan Jeffers (Illustrator), Seattle Chief add to wishlist A picture book version of a speech given by Chief Seattle. The Chief's plea for the respectful preservation of nature was originally presented before the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the 1850s in response to United States Government attempts to purchase land from his people. Illustrated with colorful ink drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand more books like this by Gail Carson Levine add to wishlist Newbery Honor-winning author Gale Carson Levine ("Ella Enchanted") delivers the thrilling sequel to "Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg." Rani, Tinker Bell, and all of the Never Fairies find themselves fighting against the greatest danger of all--their own hearts desires--to save their beloved Fairy Haven. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Secret River more books like this by Kate Grenville add to wishlist The Orange Prize-winning author Kate Grenville recalls her family's history in an astounding novel about the pioneers of New South Wales. Already a best seller in Australia, "The Secret River" is the story of Grenville's ancestors, who wrested a new life from the alien terrain of Australia and its native people. London, 1806. William Thornhill, a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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