Tag: Houses

Sustainable Houses and Living in the Hot-Humid Climates of Asia (2024)


Free Download Sustainable Houses and Living in the Hot-Humid Climates of Asia by Tetsu Kubota
English | PDF,EPUB | 2018 | 546 Pages | ISBN : 9811084645 | 159.39 MB
This book provides information on the latest research findings that are useful in the context of designing sustainable houses and living in rapidly growing Asian cities. The book is composed of seven parts, comprising a total of 50 chapters written by 53 authors from various countries, mainly in the Asian region. Part I introduces vernacular houses in different Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Nepal, China, Thailand and Laos.

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Murder Houses of South London


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English | 2015 | pages: 384 | ISBN: 1784623342 | EPUB | 11,7 mb
South London has a long and blood-spattered history of capital crime and many of its murder houses still stand today. There are many forgotten murders in South London, where only the murder house remains… Murder mysteries fill the pages of this book – some of them celebrated crimes, like the murder of Charles Bravo at Balham in 1876. Others remain forgotten tragedies, like the murder of Jane Soper in the Borough in 1875. This book will take you on a journey through some of the most notorious crimes in South London, including the Brixton Matricide, the Battersea Tragedy and the Tooting Horror.

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Five Houses, Ten Details


Free Download Edward R. Ford, "Five Houses, Ten Details "
English | ISBN: 1568988265 | 2009 | 255 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Edward Ford’s forty years of practicing and teaching architecture have focused on one area: the architectural detail. Yet, despite two hugely influential books (The Details of Modern Architecture, volumes 1 and 2), numerous articles, and lectures given from Vancouver to Vienna, there are two questions Ford has, remarkably, never answered: "What is a detail?" and more importantly, "What is a good detail?" Ford is an architect as well as a writer, so it is notsurprising that rather than answering these questions in a third book, he spent six years on the design and construction of a house. Building it was not an exercise in the application of ideas about detail; it was, rather, a mechanism for answering those two simple questions.

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Open Concept Houses (2024)


Free Download Francesc Zamora, "Open Concept Houses"
English | 2018 | pages: 480 | ISBN: 0062694146 | EPUB | 353,6 mb
From the author of the successful 150 Best series comes the debut entry in the forward-thinking Open Concept Houses series, filled with nearly 500 pages of color photos-sure to become the ultimate resource for this fast-growing trend in home design and renovation.

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Houses of Philip Johnson


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English | 2004 | ISBN: 0789208385, 0789201143 | PDF | pages: 145 | 271.5 mb
Authors David Mohney and Stover Jenkins explore the impact of the Glass House on Johnson’s subsequent designs, and they then proceed to cover the full range of Johnson’s domestic architecture, with emphasis on his exploration of recurring elements, including the inventive use of courtyards, the distinction between private and.

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The Two Houses of Israel State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity


Free Download The Two Houses of Israel: State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity (Archaeology and Biblical Studies) by Omer Sergi
English | August 4, 2023 | ISBN: 162837344X, 1628373431 | True PDF | 484 pages | 17.2 MB
The Two Houses of Israel: State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity bridges the gap between the biblical narrative of the great united monarchy ruled by David and Solomon and archaeological and historical reconstructions of a gradual, independent formation of Israel and Judah.

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Houses of the National Trust The History and Heritage of Homes and Buildings from the National Trust (2024)


Free Download Lydia Greeves, "Houses of the National Trust: The History and Heritage of Homes and Buildings from the National Trust"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1911657119 | EPUB | pages: 448 | 125.3 mb
Fully revised and updated edition of the classic, stunningly illustrated guide to the cream of Britain’ s historic country houses cared for by the National Trust, encompassing both interior and exterior design.

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