Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&browse=true&N=3+3348 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738902 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738316 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1422929 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1284242 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1042155 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=985377 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1111516 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=756252 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=698475 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=725796 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=680309 In Managing a Construction Firm on Just 24 Hours a Day, industry expert Matt Stevens reveals dozens of behind-the-scenes secrets to managing your firm better than your competitors, explaining everything you need to know about the make-or-break areas of estimating, pricing, bidding, and project management. This in-depth, hands-on guide to the day-to-day business of contracting delivers an invaluable collection of best practices, time-saving business tactics, forms to help you stay organized, and real-world examples of effective reports and other vital management information.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=630192 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=608518 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=626136 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=660469 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=658621 This photographed volume documents the social history and design features of one of the worlds oldest and most specialized forms of architecture. It profiles thirteen stables from around the world that feature unusual designs, beautiful detailing, and riveting equestrian history. The book is divided into three sections: Private Estates - Peer behind the stable doors of some of the worlds greatest equestrian estates from Scotlands Manderston House stables to a high style modernist architectural statement designed by Mexicos star architect Luis Barragan. Cradles of Champions - Get on the inside track at some of the worlds top breeders of racing champions including Kentuckys Calumet Farm and a highrise stable in the sky at the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Mythical Temples - Visit stables long famed in the equestrian world such as those at the French country chateau at Chantilly and of the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art in Spain. All the stables showcased in the book share one key feature - horse owners and breeders with incredible passion and commitment. 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Special care has been taken to include the latest terms from preservation, new technologies, techniques, materials, and trends. This dictionary now features 25,000 definitions, 2,200 illustraions, enhanced page design for easier reading, and higher quality paper stock for better illustration reproduction and greater durability.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=272140 From Aalto to ziggurat, this new work is an authoritative and accessible guide to architecture and its history. Ideal for students of architecture and professional architects, as well as a general readership, it contains over 5,000 entries and covers all periods of Western architectural history, from ancient times to the present day, in cultures ranging from Assyrian architecture to Flemish Mannerism. With its many entries, from the commonplace to the less well known, this Dictionary aims to cover as wide a range of architectural terms as possible in an accessible style. These terms are made more understandable with over 250 attractive illustrations, which help to differentiate between the various types of, for example, arches or crosses. There are also longer entries which explain the different architectural styles and put them in their historical context. Biographical entries are provided for a great number of architects from the ancients to leading figures of today. From Imhotep to Le Corbusier, each entry outlines the importance of the architect discussed and gives examples of his or her most notable buildings. Comprehensive and up to date, this book will prove to be an indispensable guide to anyone interested in architecture and its history.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1604655 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=411753 For more than thirty years, The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture has been a standard work of reference. Encyclopedic in breadth, it describes key individuals, styles, movements, materials, and terms from Aalto to Zakharov, from the Acropolis to ziggurats. Major entries range up to several pages in length and include cross references and bibliographies for further reading. Now renamed The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, this new edition has been completely reworked by John Fleming and Hugh Honour. All entries have been updated as necessary, many new ones have been written, and much greater prominence has now been given to landscape architecture, one of the most dynamic and important growth fields of recent years.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=139175 Experienced professional architect Ernest Burden has compiled a wealth of architectural material, including style, from antiquity to the present; building types, design and composition; materials, building parts and elements; and architectural form. And all listings are alphabetical - making searching and cross-referencing easy.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=266801 Although others have written eloquently on the relationship of water to built form, until now no one has investigated the swimming, pool as a quintessentially modern and American space, reflecting Americas infatuation with hygiene, skin, and recreation. In The Springboard in the Pond, Thomas van Leeuwen looks at a familiar hole - the domestic swimming pool - and discovers an icon indispensable to the reading of twentieth-century modernism. At one level, the book is a rereading of modern architecture that will leave that story permanently altered. At another level, it is the story of the origin and evolution of the private swimming pool as a building type and cultural artifact. And at still another level, it is a material philosophy of water. Van Leeuwen explores the human relationship to water from a variety of viewpoints: social, religious, artistic, sexual, psychological, technical, and above all architectural.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=32426 Most historic buildings are owned by private citizens who have little or no background in building preservation or its allied fields. These owners - as dedicated as they are to preserving or refurbishing their property - often feel at a disadvantage when communicating with professionals well-versed in the complex jargon of this multidisciplinary field. The Dictionary of Building Preservation provides easy access to this terminology and helps the nonspecialist to understand and communicate with building and design professionals, preservation groups, government agencies, attorneys, and others concerned with building preservation. Containing more than 10,000 entries that cover the entire breadth of building preservation in North America, this is the best source available for definitions of terms used for buildings, parts of buildings, the development of historic structures, technical standards, relevant legal terminology, and preservation practice. It provides detailed information on various historical styles and fashions, structural, mechanical, and electrical systems, and current restoration techniques.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=102054 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=59522 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=215146 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=139314 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=219104 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=206981 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=44343 Discrimination by Design is a fascinating account of the complex social processes and power struggles involved in building and controlling space. Leslie Kanes Weisman offers a new framework for understanding the spatial dimensions of gender and race as well as class. She traces the social and architectural histories of the skyscraper, maternity hospital, department store, shopping mall, nuclear family dream house, and public housing high rise. Her vivid prose is based on exhaustive research and documents how each setting, along with public parks and streets, embodies and transmits the privileges and penalties of social caste. In presenting feminist themes from a spatial perspective, Weisman raises many new and important questions. When do women feel unsafe in cities, and why? Why do so many homeless people prefer to sleep on the streets rather than in city-run shelters? Why does the current housing crisis pose a greater threat to women than to men? How would dwellings, communities, and public buildings look if they were designed to foster relationships of equality and environmental wholeness? And how can we begin to imagine such a radically different landscape? In exploring the answers, the author introduces us to the people, policies, architectural innovations, and ideologies working today to shape a future in which all people matter. Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, Discrimination by Design is an invaluable and pioneering contribution to our understanding of the issues of our time--health care for the elderly and people with AIDS, homelessness, racial justice, changing conditions of work and family life, affordable housing, militarism, energy conservation, and the preservation of the environment. This thoroughly readable book provides practical guidance to policymakers, architects, planners, and housing activists. It should be read by all who are interested in understanding how the built environment shapes the experiences of their daily lives and the cultural assumptions in which they are immersed.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=34956 The Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries differ from the Eyewitness books in that the text is longer and the vocabulary more difficult.... The photographs are outstanding.... The brief text compresses many details into a few sentences, The vocabulary is scholarly...and charts combined with the text give a clear overview of the subjects+. -- RQ http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=33430 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=314346