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Building Books
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by (shelved 20 times as building)
avg rating 4.42 — 5,517 ratings — published 1977
Building Our House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as building)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,334 ratings — published 2013
Lee & Low Books Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as building)
avg rating 4.11 — 623 ratings — published 1996
Iggy Peck, Architect (The Questioneers (Picture Books) #1)
by (shelved 16 times as building)
avg rating 4.42 — 6,503 ratings — published 2007
Billions of Bricks: A Counting Book About Building (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as building)
avg rating 3.72 — 678 ratings — published 2016
The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar Living Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as building)
avg rating 4.45 — 588 ratings — published 1990
Someone Builds the Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as building)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,481 ratings — published 2021
The Little Red Fort (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as building)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,210 ratings — published 2018
The Timeless Way of Building (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as building)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,719 ratings — published 1978
Everything You Need For a Treehouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as building)
avg rating 3.81 — 971 ratings — published 2018
Building Green: A Complete How-to Guide To Alternative Building Methods - Earth Plaster, Straw Bale, Cordwood, Cob, Living Roofs (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as building)
avg rating 4.14 — 269 ratings — published 2005
A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as building)
avg rating 3.86 — 5,654 ratings — published 1997
Bigger! Bigger! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as building)
avg rating 3.51 — 284 ratings — published
If I Built a House (If I Built Series)
by (shelved 8 times as building)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,963 ratings — published 2012
Rosie Revere, Engineer (The Questioneers (Picture Books) #2)
by (shelved 8 times as building)
avg rating 4.46 — 13,035 ratings — published 2013
Boxitects (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as building)
avg rating 4.12 — 951 ratings — published 2020
The Most Magnificent Thing (Most Magnificent, 1)
by (shelved 7 times as building)
avg rating 4.28 — 9,050 ratings — published 2014
Construction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as building)
avg rating 3.99 — 718 ratings — published 2014
Stanley the Builder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as building)
avg rating 3.73 — 393 ratings — published 2014
Roundwood Timber Framing: Building Naturally Using Local Resources (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as building)
avg rating 4.07 — 45 ratings — published 2010
What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,561 ratings — published 2020
Brick by Brick (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.10 — 442 ratings — published
Learn to Timber Frame: Craftsmanship, Simplicity, Timeless Beauty (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.35 — 163 ratings — published 2016
If I Built a School (If I Built Series)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,659 ratings — published 2019
Building Books (Library Binding)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 3.69 — 348 ratings — published 2018
Builders and Breakers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 3.41 — 312 ratings — published 2018
The Rabbit Listened (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.59 — 9,567 ratings — published 2018
The Art of Natural Building: Design, Construction, Resources (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.08 — 71 ratings — published 2001
Compact Cabins: Simple Living in 1000 Square Feet or Less (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 3.82 — 447 ratings — published 2009
The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,109 ratings — published 1998
Building with Cob: A Step-by-step Guide (Sustainable Building)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.31 — 118 ratings — published 2006
The Barefoot Architect: A Handbook for Green Building (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.28 — 338 ratings — published
Again, Essie? (Storytelling Math)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.91 — 222 ratings — published
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.19 — 113,004 ratings — published 2014
Carpenter's Helper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.80 — 310 ratings — published 2021
Builder Brothers: Big Plans (Builder Brothers)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.97 — 247 ratings — published 2018
Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves YOU Can Build (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.31 — 153 ratings — published 2004
This House, Once (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,118 ratings — published 2017
Mighty, Mighty Construction Site (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,868 ratings — published 2017
A Timber Framer's Workshop: Joinery & Design Essentials for Building Traditional Timber Frames (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.34 — 56 ratings — published 1998
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,773 ratings — published 1978
Habitat for Humanity: How to Build a House: Revised and Updated (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.14 — 103 ratings — published 2002
Library Mouse: Home Sweet Home (Library Mouse, #5)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.89 — 411 ratings — published 2013
Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter (The Shelter Library of Building Books)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.16 — 725 ratings — published 2012
Demolition (Construction Crew)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,109 ratings — published 2012
Bang! Boom! Roar! A Busy Crew of Dinosaurs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.63 — 297 ratings — published 2012
The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.99 — 301 ratings — published 1978
“The trail of lime trees outside our building is still a public loo. …where else are they supposed to go to the toilet in a city where public toilets are about as common as UFO sightings?” (pp.281-82)”
― Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
― Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
“I had the great idea of using markers to gently color the ants so I could tell them apart, but I learned that this is exactly like somebody trying to gently color on you with a thirty-story building.
Without dwelling on the tragedy, I'd just like to say that I'm deeply sorry to Mr. Purple and the surviving Purple family.”
― Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers
Without dwelling on the tragedy, I'd just like to say that I'm deeply sorry to Mr. Purple and the surviving Purple family.”
― Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers















