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Havertys Furniture Company: The Urban Years - Hardcover

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by Rawson Haverty (Foreword by)Founded by the James Joseph (J.J.) Haverty, The Havertys Furniture Company opened its first store in 1885 on 14 East Hunter Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. In 1889, J.J. formed a partnership with Mr. Amos G. (A.G.) Rhodes, an experienced merchant, who had opened his first Rhodes store in downtown Atlanta in 1875. The first Rhodes & Haverty store opened in Atlanta on 89-91 Whitehall St. and together A.G. and J.J. opened additional stores across the South...

Rise and Shine, Construction Time!: Building a House with Construction Machines, a Children's Book - Paperback

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by Rita Story (Author), Best (Author)Does your kid love construction machinery? Rise & Shine, Construction Time! is a simple story of building a house where your child will meet several large construction machines! From front loaders to auger trucks, this book introduces many types of construction machinery, including some that may not be present in other children's books (have you ever heard of a "Rough Terrain Crane" - we have one!).This 27-page children's story features: 10 different ...

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by Steve Williford (Author)Making Steaks Great Again and the Man Behind the Brand. The story of how Randall Swaney, a former advertising entrepreneur, created an award-winning, fun, casual destination prime steakhouse that became the Best Steakhouse in Mississippi. Number of Pages: 160 Dimensions: 0.56 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: December 23, 2022

In the Shadow of a Maverick: Lessons from my father - Paperback

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by Erika Nomland Cilengir (Author)In this memoir, first-time author Erika Nomland Cilengir, an only child, reflects on the joy and challenges of being gifted an exceptional parent. Cilengir introduces you to the five key lessons she learned from her father, acclaimed mid-20th Century American artist and architect Kemper Nomland, Jr., during the 53 years he was in her life - lessons that shaped her outlook and her path.His smile had a way of bringing a person around before a word was ever spok...

Jamila Pearl The Architect Girl - Paperback

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by Kionna Louise (Author), Tashema N. Davis (Illustrator)Jamila Pearl is a girl who wants to be an architect when she grows up. She is a very outgoing and creative person who enjoys using her imagination. Her favorite color is red. She is the third of five children and a natural-born leader. She is going to be the next great architect and her journey begins in first grade! Number of Pages: 40 Dimensions: 0.1 x 8.5 x 11 IN Publication Date: February 27, 2023 Large Print: Yes

Stop Landscaping, Start LifeScaping - Paperback

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by Monique Allen (Author)Are you craving a landscape that truly represents you and bridges your connection to nature? Are you overwhelmed with how to get there? Confused by all the gardening "how-to" books that don't seem to fit your style? Frustrated by projects not going as you thought?In STOP Landscaping, START Life-Scaping, Monique Allen, landscape designer, contractor, and fine gardener, speaks frankly about why you become caught in a spiral of false starts and unsatisfying projects.Thro...

Artificial Intelligence and The Environment: AI Blueprints for 16 Environmental Projects Pioneering Sustainability - Paperback

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by Cindy Mason (Editor), Cindy Mason (Author)Foreward by Tierny Thys, National Geographic Explorer and educator. Contents created by a global community of 50 AI researchers and engineers, the book is chock full of details of15 different AI systems for environmental projects including sustainable forestry, fire fighting, toxic algae bloom predictions, sewage and water treatment, etc. Each chapter comes with a Q/A to engage discussion about the material.The book serves as a jumping off point to...

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by Art Smith (Author), Jim Stack (Editor)SIMPLE SIP HOMES describes two major building technologies to achieve high quality, low energy, homes slated for downsizing, particularly suitable for retirement living.KEY TOPICS: using Timber Trusses for roof structure (vaulted ceilings) coupled with pre-made, insulated, SIP panels for walls methods to using home building sub-systems ("Modules")a cross multiple floor plans energy efficient home construction methods (Details on using Passive Solar en...

MultiStories: 55 Antique Skyscrapers and the Business Tycoons Who Built Them - Paperback

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by Mark Houser (Author)Skyscrapers are an American original.More than 100 years ago, towering marvels like New York's Flatiron Building thrilled the public and transformed cities across the country. Now take a tour of the best of these elegant landmarks still standing today in 31 U.S. and 5 international cities.Packed with colorful tales of the powerful executives and self-made millionaires who commissioned the country's first skyscrapers, MultiStories also traces the emergence of modern corp...

Interior Design Coloring Book: Modern Decorated Home Designs - Paperback

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by Stefan Heart (Author)Interior Design Coloring Book contains beautiful sketch style coloring pages with living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms children's room, and furniture.What you will find inside: 40 Unique Coloring Pages. 8.5x11 inches, perfect for detailed coloring. For adults and kids. Many hours of relaxation and away from the screen. Professional style interior design coloring pages. One-sided coloring pages, with black back sides to prevent bleed-through. Number of Pages: 84 Dimens...

Power of Place: Carnegie Libraries in Washington State - Hardcover

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by Meredith Wirsching (Author), Mildred Andrews (Contribution by)Book describes the history and architecture of Carnegie libraries in Washington state, including the predecessor to the Carnegie library in each community, the architectural description of each Carnegie building, modifications to the building and current disposition of each building. Number of Pages: 274 Dimensions: 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: August 31, 2020

Remembering Edgewater Beach Hotel - Hardcover

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by John Holden (Author), Kathryn Gemperle (Author)Nothing epitomized the glamour and excitement of Chicago's jazz age and war years like the fabled Edgewater Beach Hotel. Much more than a hotel, the Edgewater Beach was a world unto itself--the only urban resort of its kind in the nation. Located on the shores of Lake Michigan on Chicago's North Side, it offered swimming, golf, tennis, dancing, theater, fine dining, exclusive shopping, fabulous floor shows, unique watering holes, and, of cours...

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by David C. Elbert (Author)Throughout the 1980s and '90s, some of Greater Des Moines foremost leaders and experts came together to create the Des Moines Vision Plan, a comprehensive plan for the growth of the city. It was certainly ambitious- John "Pat" Dorrian they strived to become "new American city of the 21st century"-and that came with more than a few cynics. Heavy hitters such as then-Mayor John "Pat" Dorrian, cable TV entrepreneur Jim Cownie, retired city planner Robert Mickle, New Yo...

Sacred Santa Fe: Geomancy, Geometry, and Energetics of its Churches - Paperback

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by Karen Crowley-Susani (Author), Dominique Susani (Author), Nicolas Susani (Illustrator)Sacred Santa Fe is a book about geometry, geomancy, and the energetic qualities of four impressive churches. It takes a look at the masterpieces the mysterious European Master Builders left behind in Santa Fe. Most people don't understand what is involved in building a sacred place. In order for a church or a cathedral to help people open up to greater spirituality, special qualities are needed. These re...

ICHI IKEDA 50 EARTH ARTS 1997-2017：Earth Art Creates The Future Earth (English-Japanese Hybrid Edition) - Paperback

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by Ichi Ikeda (Author), Tatsuro Kodama (Author), John K. Grande (Preface by)EARTH ART, which confronts the global environmental crisis head-on, will lead the way in creating an art culture that will revitalize the human society of the future!Ichi Ikeda uses water as his main medium. Water is a choice that strongly connects Ikeda to a global movement involved with water rights, and broader environmental issues. Ichi Ikeda expresses these concerns with a true spirit of innovation and exploratio...

Little Designers: Sea of Dreams - Hardcover

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by Kelli D. Stewart (Author), Mika Rane (Illustrator)Kit is an aspiring young Architect embarking on an ambitious project to help an underwater community get a better night's sleep among a noisy pod of whales. She collaborates with a team of diverse designers and engineers who use their unique perspectives to create a successful project! Number of Pages: 40 Dimensions: 0.25 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: May 08, 2022 Large Print: Yes

If These Walls Could Talk: The Complete Story of What Took Place Within the Walls of 508 St. James Street, Richmond, Virginia, in Historic Jackson War - Paperback

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by Shirley R. Hawkins (Author)If These Walls Could Talk is a fascinating journey into the world of the blind and vision impaired. It is the story of 508 St. James Street in the historical Jackson Ward district in Richmond, Virginia. Number of Pages: 152 Dimensions: 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: August 29, 2023

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by Mike Pease (Author) Number of Pages: 188 Dimensions: 0.51 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: June 11, 2024

Architecture of Segregation: The Hierarchy of Spaces and Places - Hardcover

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by Jerel McCants (Author)In Architecture of Segregation, the intricate interplay between architecture and societal divisions is meticulously explored, providing a comprehensive analysis of how built environments have shaped and reflected racial, ethnic, and social segregation throughout history. This groundbreaking work delves deep into the historical contexts of segregation, from the indigenous peoples of North America to the African diaspora through the Triangular Slave Trade, uncovering ho...

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by Michael Kinney (Author) Number of Pages: 112 Dimensions: 0.29 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: October 20, 2024

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by Allison Lee Palmer (Author)The A to Z of Architecture provides information on architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Tadao Ando, Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, and Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, as well as on famous structures like the Acropolis, the Colosseum, the Forbidden City, Machu Pichu, Notre Dame, the Pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge, and the World Trade Center. The dictionary examines the development of architecture over the centuries through a chronology, a...

Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina - Paperback

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by Catherine W. Bishir (Author), Michael T. Southern (Author), Jennifer F. Martin (Author)This portable field guide to the historic architecture of western North Carolina covers 1,200 historic buildings in 25 counties in the foothills and mountains. It introduces readers to the region's rich and diverse architectural heritage--from the log farmstead to the opulent mountain retreat, and from ancient earthen mounds of the Cherokee to twentieth-century hydroelectric dams and the Blue Ridge Parkw...

Objects of Culture: Ethnology and Ethnographic Museums in Imperial Germany - Paperback

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by H. Glenn Penny (Author)In the late nineteenth century, Germans spearheaded a worldwide effort to preserve the material traces of humanity, designing major ethnographic museums and building extensive networks of communication and exchange across the globe. In this groundbreaking study, Glenn Penny explores the appeal of ethnology in Imperial Germany and analyzes the motivations of the scientists who created the ethnographic museums. Penny shows that German ethnologists were not driven by im...

A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina - Paperback

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by Catherine W. Bishir (Author), Michael T. Southern (Author)Central North Carolina boasts a rich and varied architectural landscape--from the early plantation houses and farms of its northeastern reaches, to the red brick textile mills and tobacco factories that line railroads across the region, to the glamorous New South skyscrapers of downtown Charlotte. This richly illustrated guide offers a fascinating look at the Piedmont's historic architecture, covering more than 2,000 sites in 34 cou...

A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century - Paperback

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by Robert E. Stipe (Editor)Surveying the past, present, and future of historic preservation in America, this book features fifteen essays by some of the most important voices in the field. A Richer Heritage will be an essential, thought-provoking guide for professionals as well as administrators, volunteers, and policy makers involved in preservation efforts.An introduction traces the evolution of historic preservation in America, highlighting the principal ideas and events that have shaped a...

Building the Nation: Americans Write about Their Architecture, Their Cities, and Their Landscape - Paperback

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by Steven Conn (Editor), Max Page (Editor)Moving away from the standard survey that takes readers from architect to architect and style to style, Building the Nation: Americans Write About Their Architecture, Their Cities, and Their Landscape suggests a wholly new way of thinking about the history of America's built environment and how Americans have related to it. Through an enormous range of American voices, some famous and some obscure, and across more than two centuries of history, this a...

Cultivated Power: Flowers, Culture, and Politics in the Reign of Louis XIV - Hardcover

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by Elizabeth Hyde (Author)Cultivated Power explores the collection, cultivation, and display of flowers in early modern France at the historical moment when flowering plants, many of which were becoming known in Europe for the first time, piqued the curiosity of European gardeners and botanists, merchants and ministers, dukes and kings. Elizabeth Hyde reveals how flowers became uniquely capable of revealing the curiosity, reason, and taste of those elite men who engaged in their cultivation. ...

Ancient Greek Houses and Households: Chronological, Regional, and Social Diversity - Hardcover

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by Bradley A. Ault (Editor), Lisa C. Nevett (Editor)Ancient Greek Houses and Households Chronological, Regional, and Social Diversity Edited by Bradley A. Ault and Lisa C. Nevett "The volume represents a significant step towards a deeper and more nuanced understanding of Greek houses and households."--BMCR "An excellent update on new finds in the domestic sphere in Greece and a cautious start to the development of new theories and methods for addressing the archaeological and textual evidence...

The University & Urban Revival: Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the Streets - Hardcover

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by Judith Rodin (Author)In the last quarter of the twentieth century, urban colleges and universities found themselves enveloped by the poverty, crime, and physical decline that afflicted American cities. Some institutions turned inward, trying to insulate themselves rather than address the problems in their own backyards. Others attempted to develop better community relations, though changes were hard to sustain. Spurred by an unprecedented crime wave in 1996, University of Pennsylvania Pres...

Liang and Lin: Partners in Exploring China's Architectural Past - Paperback

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by Wilma Fairbank (Author), Jonathan Spence (Contribution by)Wilma Fairbank documents, from both a historical and a uniquely personal perspective, the professional and personal achievements of Lin Whei-yin and Liang Sicheng. Liang and Lin were born in early twentieth-century China, a time when the influences of modernism were slowly bearing down on the traditional culture. In the 1920s, they traveled together to the Beaux Arts universe of Philadelphia, where they both graduated with honors fr...

The Pleasure Garden, from Vauxhall to Coney Island - Hardcover

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by Jonathan Conlin (Editor)Summers at the Vauxhall pleasure garden in London brought diverse entertainments to a diverse public. Picturesque walks and arbors offered a pastoral retreat from the city, while at the same time the garden's attractions indulged distinctly urban tastes for fashion, novelty, and sociability. High- and low-born alike were free to walk the paths; the proximity to strangers and the danger of dark walks were as thrilling to visitors as the fountains and fireworks. Vauxh...

Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream - Paperback

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by M. Jeffrey Hardwick (Author)The shopping mall is both the most visible and the most contentious symbol of American prosperity. Despite their convenience, malls are routinely criticized for representing much that is wrong in America--sprawl, conspicuous consumption, the loss of regional character, and the decline of Mom and Pop stores. So ubiquitous are malls that most people would be suprised to learn that they are the brainchild of a single person, architect Victor Gruen. An immigrant fro...