Feast your eyes on some of the hottest fireplace designs and hearth products available today. This book is a must for people who already own a fire...

On December 20, 1954, the Fontainebleau changed the face of Miami Beach, transforming it to a travel hot spot with the grandest modern hotel of all...

For children with a passion for drawing, or dreams of creating buildings, this book explores how architects really work, taking the young reader th...

Children with dreams of designing buildings will discover how architects actually work in this workbook, which builds on the concepts introduced in...

By combining proven and promising wind, solar, and other clean and renewable energy technologies, individuals, businesses, and communities can inve...

A wide range of treatments for every aspect of kitchen design is explored. The 427 professional color photos display many kitchen styles designed b...

An Atlantic BestsellerFrom the 1950s through the 1970s, cities throughout North America engaged in disruptive periods of massive "urban renewal" of...

Enter and explore the powerful, ancestral world of the whare whakairo, or Māori meeting house, with this engaging illustrated guide. Richly illustr...

This book introduces readers to the events of September 11 and the monument created to commemorate it. Readers learn about the history of the Natio...

The intellectual adventure of developing the atomic bomb at Los Alamos has been well documented, but the fact is that 90% of the Manhattan Project ...

Architect David Wright helped pioneer the concept of passive solar architecture, and his thoughts and experiments have helped shape the evolution o...

An inspiring collection of design ideas for patio construction, this book will help you discover ways to transform ordinary outdoor spaces into per...

The Peak is Hong Kong’s top residential district, where property prices are as high as the altitude. How did it become an exclusive enclave in the ...

Santa Fe’s Scottish Rite Temple, built in 1912, is a historic landmark and the home of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in New...

Ethel B. Power compiled this wonderful selection of home designs in 1927. She selected works by the era's most notable architects, including Dwight...

Todays top homes include spa-scale, master bath suites that serve up far more than the traditional 10-minute morning routine. Luxury bath suites in...

Built in 1889 and now home to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Spencer Mansion is a magnificent building with a rich and layered history. W...

Lime is a white, powdery substance widely used in construction, agriculture, and industry. It is manufactured by heating limestone. Small amounts m...

See good design ideas that inspire you to create the ultimate, eco-friendly outdoor environment. More than 300 beautiful color photos detail 10 pro...

The Truth About The Barn offers answers to important questions about how barns came into being, why they look the way they do, why they’re worth re...

Elegant dining rooms in the nineteenth century served an important role in the social discourse of the Victorian household. They tended to be "masc...

Over 600 artful watercolor renderings of window treatments combined with a CD of all the images make this the most useful, practical book available...

This collection of 5,000+ designs from Thomas Wilson’s drawing notebooks harvests the creative output of four decades of ironwork design. Wilson—ir...

This book illustrates almost 500 contemporary tile projects, with thousands of ideas for illuminating a home with the beauty of tile. Take an excit...