Home and Garden
Kit and Modern Timber Frame Homes: The Complete Guide
This invaluable examination provides a look inside one of the oldest and most versatile building methods in human history: utilizing timber frame structures. With the present-day population continually embracing “green” issues, this very method has become increasingly popular. With the ongoing threat of global warming the use of sustainable, environmentally friendly materials grows more common every day. Building with wood is [...]
The Comforts of Home: The American House and the Evolution of Modern Convenience
The Age of Technology is nowhere made more personal than at home. Modern convenience shapes our daily routine, making today’s American house a place of comfort, the like of which has never been known. Yet of all aspects of modern technology, it is the evolution of what is in the household that has been [...]
Living Modern: Bringing Modernism Home
Architectural modernism was revolutionary when it first appeared in the 1920s, and its innovation showed the world just what twentieth-century design could bring. Living Modern is a grand showcase of classic homes by such design luminaries as Mies van der Rohe, Charles and Ray Eames, Alvar Aalto, Richard Neutra, and many more. With over [...]
The Essential Guide to Contemporary Homes: Over 300 Homes in Sleek, Modern Styles
From Northwest contemporaries to post-modern Victorians, this volume contains the latest in one- and two-story and multi-level designs for starter, transitional, and luxury homes. Features 341 home plans with the latest in modern design: open living spaces, efficient kitchens, geometric shapes, and more. Four-color “Sampler” section; 1,000 two-color illustrations. Buy From Amazon
Not at Home: The Suppression of Domesticity in Modern Art and Architecture
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Mosaic Crafts: Twenty Designs for the Modern Home
A master of mosaics presents 20 stylish new projects for the contemporary home. Buy From Amazon
Cliff May and the Modern Ranch House
Cliff May’s modern homes epitomize the indoor-outdoor lifestyle characteristic of the American Dream, fusing the open plan/open living philosophy with the traditional ranch house. Starting in the 1930s, the modern ranch house took the country by storm, migrating from California to Arizona, and Cliff May was the chief proponent of this style. His long, [...]
Homes in a Box: Modern Homes from Sears (Schiffer Design Book)
Homes in a Box - Modern Homes from Sears Roebuck is a facsimile reproduction of the Sears Modern Homes catalog. It gives a nostalgic look at the more than one hundred home kits sold by Sears Roebuck in the early 1900s. These homes were offered either as simple kits with only the blueprints and [...]
Modern Space: Reshaping the Home for Contemporary Living
Modern Space is book about fundamental structure and the life-enhancing transformations that can be made by rethinking the space within which you live. Jane Withers and Christoph Kicherer provide the inspiration and advice you need to make your home work for your modern lifestyle. * The first book of [...]
Kit Homes Modern
Kit homes have been around for nearly a century, but they’ve gained popularity in recent years thanks to fresh new designs and consumers looking for more affordable housing options in an expensive real estate market. A kit home — even more do-it-yourself friendly than the average prefab home — arrives mostly preassembled and [...]
