by Sunset  Publisher Comments Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking edition of the bible of Western gardening. With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings--500 of... (read more) Your Price $12.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies 
by William McDonough and Michael Braungart 
Powells.com Staff Pick "An eco-sustainable manifesto. The next Industrial Revolution will be Green!" Scott Smith, Powells.com... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your Price $14.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Sarah Susanka Publisher Comments Sarah Susanka's Not So Big Solutions for Your Home explores practical design ideas that can transform any house into a great house that looks, works and feels right for the owner. Sarah Susanka, whose previous best-selling books showed homeowners how to... (read more) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by George Howe Colt Publisher Comments In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Matthew Frederick Publisher Comments Concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation, from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the complexities of color theory.... (read more) Your Price $12.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Sarah Susanka Publisher Comments This sequel to "The Not So Big House" thoughtfully considers 20 new homes and five remodels that span a broad range of styles, climates, and landscape considerations to show how the not-so-big ideal can work in any setting. Photos. Illustrations.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $9.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Christopher Alexander and Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein
Powells.com Staff Pick Although I am not an architect, I keep this book on my bedside table at all times, so that I can pick it up and read about how the world should be, according to Christopher Alexander. The world is made of "patterns" that work organically. These patterns... (read more) Your Price $65.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Judy Pangman Publisher Comments Easy-to-care-for, productive, inexpensive, and full of personality, chickens are popping up in backyards throughout the country— in the suburbs, rural towns, and even on city plots. All it takes to keep a small flock is a bit of land and a properly... (read more) Your Price $19.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Ray Bottenberg Publisher Comments In the 1920s and 1930s, Oregon's legendary bridge engineer Conde B. McCullough designed a first-rate collection of aesthetic bridges on the Oregon Coast Highway to enhance an already dramatic and beautiful landscape. The six largest of these, at Gold... (read more) Your Price $19.99 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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by Bart King Publisher Comments Portland strikes a unique balance between the rich architectural traditions of the past and the cutting-edge creative developments of modern architecture. Within a small downtown area can be found 19th-century cast-iron-front buildings, skyscrapers, old... (read more) Your Price $22.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by David Brownlee Publisher Comments This exhibition and its catalogue represent the first extensive scholarship devoted to Louis I. Kahn's life and work since his drawings and office files became readily available for study.... (read more) Your Price $19.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
Arts and Crafts Art Nouveau and Art Deco by Diane Maddex Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-239).... (read more) Your Price $12.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by R A Scotti Publisher Comments In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. Peter's Basilica. Begun by the ferociously ambitious Pope Julius II in 1506, the endeavor would span two... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Alan Berger Publisher Comments Do you really know what is under that new house you just bought? How about what lies beneath the neighborhood playground? Was that ¿big box¿ retailer down your street built over a toxic site? These are just a few of the worrisome scenarios facing us... (read more) Your Price $12.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Alain De Botton Publisher Comments Bestselling author Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we would stand a better chance of happiness. In this witty, erudite look at how we shape, and are... (read more) Your Price $15.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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