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Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings
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Drawing: A Creative Process
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The Secret Language of Churches & Cathedrals: Decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity's Holy Building
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Introduction to Architecture
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Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2006 International Building Code
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Bricks & Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made
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Green Building Illustrated
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“When All of Rome Was Under Construction”: The Building Process in Baroque Rome
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Sketches from Japan
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Battle for Ground Zero: Inside the Political Struggle to Rebuild the World Trade Center
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3.72 avg rating — 67 ratings
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A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
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How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
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Lost Buildings
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Michael Graves: Buildings and Projects 1982 - 1989
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The Making of Home: The 500-Year Story of How Our Houses Became Our Homes
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Judith Flanders (Goodreads Author)
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Bulldozer: Demolition and Clearance of the Postwar Landscape
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Shantytown, USA: Forgotten Landscapes of the Working Poor
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Vanishing Landmarks of Georgia: Gristmills & Covered Bridges
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Writings on Landscape, Culture, and Society
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Grave Landscapes: The Nineteenth-Century Rural Cemetery Movement
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Remembering Roadside America: Preserving the Recent Past as Landscape and Place
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Shaping the Postwar Landscape: New Profiles from the Pioneers of American Landscape Design Project
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Charles A Birnbaum (Editor)
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Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape
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Brad Lancaster (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 504 ratings
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Proving Grounds: Militarized Landscapes, Weapons Testing, and the Environmental Impact of U.S. Bases
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Edwin A. Martini (Editor)
3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Our Mark on This Land: A Guide to the Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps in America's Parks
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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
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Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities
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3.81 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Urban Ecology: A Natural Way to Transform Kids, Parks, Cities, and the World
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The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It
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Urban Smellscapes
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Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives
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Historic Preservation: Caring for Our Expanding Legacy
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Science and Technology in Historic Preservation
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Ray A. Williamson (editor)
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Folk Housing in Middle Virginia: A Structural Analysis of Historic Artifacts
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Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United States
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3.65 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Homeplace: The Social Use and Meaning of the Folk Dwelling in Southwestern North Carolina
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