Tag: Wooden

Free Download Sailing the Sweetwater Seas: Wooden Boats and Ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940 by George D. Jepson
English | December 15th, 2023 | ISBN: 1493072277 | 200 pages | True EPUB | 51.75 MB
The Great Lakes were America’s first superhighway before railroad lines and roads arrived in the late nineteenth century. This book tells the story of the ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the country’s middle and beyond, established a robust industrial base, and became a world power, despite enduring a bloody Civil War.

Free Download Building Simply: Wooden Windows
English | 2023 | ISBN: 303562576X | 144 pages | True PDF | 16.33 MB
Versatile wooden windows
In her book, the trained carpenter and architect Judith Resch looks at what scope still exists in modern window design and construction. The process of simplification is more difficult to achieve for windows than for most building components, since windows, due to their function, must meet high technical specifications. She presents a variety of window design projects that have one thing in common: they pursue a singular design concept using the simplest possible means. All projects are presented in detail with technical drawings and photographs.