1975264 pages. Presents an architectural concept whose time has come. Identifies ten different industrial and public building types - everything from barns to churches to warehouses - mostly belonging to what has been called "The Functional Tradition." Describes and illustrates 73 internationally selected examples of recent significant conversion jobs. Does not shy from some of the technical and financial problems involved. Copiously illustrated with over 229 line illustrations and 520 black and white photographs. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Sunning and average wear to dust jacket. Very nice copy overall. Book
1978299 pages. Glossary. Bibliography. Architect Index. General Index. Profusely illustrated with maps and black and white photos. The Official Guidebook of the Greater Vancouver Chapter of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. "With its six walking and four driving tours, this work is of interest to the resident, the visitor and the architectural historian alike." - from back cover. Average wear. Short opening to base of backstrip. Binding intact. Book
1993126 pages. Features: The very first garden railways; The J.B. Railroad; Kitbashing Bachmann's O-4-0T; Weathering with Chalk; Getting Started in Garden Railroading - Part 8; Build a Smith/Crane car; The Colorado Midland; An inexpensive Feedwater Pump; A New England garden raiilway; Garden railway-assisted therapy; Crates for Loading Docks; Weathering and detailing plastic buildings; Lighting for Outdoor Railroads; Garden Railways - Past, Present, and Future. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
2002Features: Celebrating our Architectural Heritage; The Shapes of Georgian Halifax; Rare Example of Modern Heritage Threatened in Etobicoke; Site Investigations of Heritage Buildings; Preserving those familiar Gems - Two Nineteenth-Century Row Houses Restored in Orangeville; The Jewel of Halifax Harbour - Georges Island; Devolving British Columbia's Heritage Properties; St. Mary's School in Calgary is coming down - restoration bid ignored; Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Minor moisture exposure to upper corner, otherwise an excellent copy. Book
2001Features: Mennonite Architecture in Waterloo; Plain Old Heritage - the challenge of protecting old order Amish and Mennonite Landscapes; Looking for a positive outcome for the York Cinema; Fort Henry breaking down; Fire Protection of Seasonal Heritage Structures; Markham's Proud Heritage; Calgary Youth adopt buildings; The St. Roch II - makes a voyage of rediscovery; Harpist buys Stratford Public School; and more. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
195512 pages. Retirement of Tom Carson. Louis Salter retires; Calgary Golfers Capture McCordick Trophies - golf story and photos; Mrs. Joy Young becomes company welfare nurse. Details of new company mail order catalogue which gives first composite picture of Eaton's Canada - all 392 buildings in Canada. New Eaton Group Life Insurance Plan. Mrs. Louise Longoz judges needlepoint at CNE. Published monthly in the interests of employees of the T. Eaton Co., Western Ltd., Edmonton. Additional employee news. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
2002ref. 1125559832Hamilton Bermuda : Bermuda National Trust 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. laminated illustrated hard cover 230 pages : illustrations photographs ; 28 cm. Bermuda National Trust Hardcover
1978[ISSN 0066-6262 ]. Text in Greek, with explanatory abstracts in English Some articles discussing historical background and topics like urban apartment buildings, with survey of some new (public, domestic and, commercial ) buildings being built in Greece and an interesting section on submissions to architectural competitions (including a proposal for the New Acropolis Museum !) 278p. Plans elevations, diagrams. photographs illus ( B & W) Journal
1996141 pages. Index. Copiously illustrated in black and white. "An important and valuable addition to the history of the City of Regina, and to the personal libraries of those with an interest in the city." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
199452 pages. Printed on glossy stock. "In this book you will find: Large, clear diagrams of seven interesting layouts; Layout plahhing and construction made easy through step-by-step instructions and photos; A complete list of all Atlas products needed for each layout; Complete and simple wiring instructions and guidelines; Hints on how to scenic your railroad with buildings, paint and landscaping; Tips that will eliminate mistakes and frustration." - from back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
198368 pages. A collection of uncommon historical pictures and their descriptions. Chapters include: First Peoples; Mining; Other Industries; Transportation; People; Buildings and Services; Recreation; Local Government; Military; Development. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Illustrated brown card covers. An excellent overview of the history of this dynamic city. Book
193640 pages ca. 1936. Fascinating black and white archival photographic reproductions. Discusses: History, Site, Campus, Buildings, Library, Museums, Instruction, Research, Alumni, Student Activity. Blue card covers well soiled and worn. Occasional pencil underlining and marginalia. Contents moderately soiled and partially yellowed. Smells like "an old book" but remains a worthy volume. Book
1975258 pages. "...Transform an abandoned store, single or multi-family unit, garage or warehouse into rentable and salable housing." - from front cover. Above-average wear externally but contents clean and unmarked. Decent working copy. Very practical information. Book
197494 pages. For a hundred years the building of log houses flourished throughout interior British Columbia. "...These ruins are our last tenuous link with the pioneers, and, unlike the citizens of the Old World, we have not our thousand years to ponder them." - from page 13. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photography taken during the 25 years prior to publication. Prior owner's name else minimal markings. Above-average wear. Binding brittle. Decent copy in colour illustrated covers. Book
1990176 pages. Footnotes. Oblong 9.25" x 12.25". A collection of vintage photos by Leonard Frank who documented the development of British Columbia. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
2006215 pages with 396 colour and 187 black and white illustrations. "Discusses the most important trends in modern architecture and, at the same time, documents increasingly intensive exchanges on an international level, portraying outstanding, future-oriented museum buildings and projects from 2000 to 2010 on four continents... A closer look at twenty-six projects, either completed, planned or still under construction provides a broadly based overview of current museum architecture." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
199395 pages. Kluckner has "drawn inspiration from his travels around the province, in most cases not from 'the days when I was drawn like a moth to the candle of a doomed building, or a doomed piece of landscape'... Records the mansions, cabins, churches, front porches and gardens, roadside shacks and grand panoramas that are the essence of the province." - from front flap. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
198256 pages. Black and white illustrations. Provides the route of a planned walk through the Village and describes the most interesting buildings on the way. Includes centerfold map. Light wear. Gift greetings inside front cover else clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
1987224 pages. Index. Select bibliography. Reference notes. "Like Beacon Hill in Boston and Nob Hill in San Francisco, Montreal's Square Mile was a golden enclave for the rich and powerful in the halcyon days before income tax, a small geographic area whose inhabitants controlled two thirds of the nation's wealth. The Square Mile was the cradle of Canada's commercial aristocracy home of the McGills and McTavishes (furs), Molsons (beer), Redpaths (sugar), Ogilvies (flour), and scores of families that came after them to live on the elm-shaded streets in the shadow of Mount Royal." - from dust jacket. Wonderful and abundant black and white archival photographs. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding sound. A solid reference copy. Book
1982144 pages. Assists in the design of energy-conserving buildings, specifically larger masonry and concrete structures. Moderate wear. Industry association sticker upon title page. Unmarked. Book
200295 pages. Recommended reading list. "A comprehensive illustrated guide to a national treasure, the freize in the centre of the foyer of Canada's Parliament buildings." - from dust jacket. Includes the origins of the project and a sketch of the artist, Eleanor Milne's, life. "An illuminating souvenir of one of Ottawa's most original works of art." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked. Original sales receipt taped inside back free endpaper. Light wear to dust jacket. A nice copy. Book
1975Features: New Brunswick Heritage; Biographical Studies in New Brunswick; New Brunswick Indian Crafts; Acadian Village - Preservation of a Heritage (bilingual); Early Silversmiths; Two New Brunswick Furniture Craftsmen - Thomas Nisbet and Alexander Lawrence; New Brunswick Before History; Architecture in New Brunswick - an Historical Survey; Of Ships and Shipbuilders; Heritage Under the Sea; Some Historic Buildings; The Acadian Museum of the University of Moncton (bilingual); Kings Landing; Stone Church - St. John's; George Neilson Smith - The Artist in New Brunswick; The Best of Pine and Maple; The Town of St. Andrews; A New Brunswick Contribution to Canadian Potting - Courtenay Bay Pottery; Capturing Canada's Past - The J.C. Webster Collection; The Creek and the Corner - a History of Woodstock, N.B.; New Brunswich Artists - a rapid glance at 18th, 19th and 20th century painting; Museums and Historic Sites. Date hand-written on front cover. Details blacked out on address label atop back cover. Average wear. Moisture exposure has resulted in gentle undulations to most pages, otherwise a sound copy of this very informative issue. Magazine
1992Features: Tin Town - West Bros.' (Brothers) Lithographed Buildings; Ingeborg Riesser; Karl Blindheim; Lauran Stevens; Jim Fainges; Jo Moore Stewart; An 1880 London Townhouse; The grand tour on a small scale; Lagniappe's 1/4" scale little sister ended with 19 fabulous rooms; Making Wheels; Along the Mall XV - an around the world import shop; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1977188 pages. Index. "... Step-by-step it details office landscaping methods and techniques, and describes the differences between planning for small, medium, and large organizations." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper and initials atop subsequent two pages else book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is pric-clipped. Quality copy. Book
2008144 pages. Features: The Home of Howard and Marjie Wilson in Durango, Colorado; The affordable arts and crafts of Jill and Michael Clark; Syracuse businessman's 3-Storey Adirondack Summer Retreat; Reclaiming the buildings of Stinesville, IN; The Delahunt House of Portland; Theodore Ellison's "Decatur" line of windows; Diana Mausser's native roots; and more. Unmarked. with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine