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BOOKS : GREEN GUIDE TO ARCHITECT'S JOB BOOK (SECOND EDITION)
A practical guide and reference book for architects and DIY enthusiasts who actively seek sustainable buildings, following the RIBA's outline plan of work, it takes the reader through from the first stage of the project right through to hand-over.
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Category : Complete Large Buildings
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 BOOKS : SAVE CASH & SAVE THE PLANET
Save Cash & Save the Planet: Friends of the Earth, Collins
The book provokes the notion that 'individuals are very powerful when it comes to making a real and positive difference to saving the planet' it highlights numerous ways in which our lifestyle can be changed to have a positive impact on the planet. It suggests the ethics that 'applying greener strategies at home and work is good for your purse, and the bonus is that doing the right thing can also save the planet's special places and rich biodiversity.
The book is broken down into simple chapters including 'buy less stuff' 'cut your fossil-fuel use' and 'choose the local diet' and practical hints are then given for each area.
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Category : Innovative Reuse
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Date Created : 05 Sep 2007 12:48:07
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 BOOKS : THE REVOLVING DOOR - SINCE 1881
The revolving door -since 1881, architecture in detail
This book reviews some 180 significant internal patents since 1881 giving architectural details, information on makers and numerous illustrations and measured drawings. This book should appeal to those with a practical use in doors and entrance architecture as well as general readers who are interested in the social and decorative forces that shape the development and popularity of revolving doors.
The author is a privately practicing architect with an interest in revolving doors that was first stimulated when he discovered that 'a particularly elegant revolving door' was to be scraped and replaced by an impending 'modernization'.
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Category : DOORS & handles
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 BOOKS : BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DRAWING
Building Construction Drawing: Richard B Eaton
Originally published in six parts between 1914 and 1921 the book compacts this information into a useful source book. It has particular emphasis on joinery, including windows, doors, staircases, panelling, picture and chair rails, and architraves but also covering brick and tile floors, chimney heads, yard gates and an example of a roof for a small house. These will be of particular relevance to the maintenance of buildings constructed between 1900 and 1939, but can be more widely drawn upon for todays buildings.
Location : UK > London West
Category : Reference
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Date Created : 05 Sep 2007 11:33:11
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 BOOKS : CHRONICLES OF A LANCASTRIAN BOILERMAKER
Chronicles of a Lancastrian Boilermaker: Alan McEwan
Is the colorful story about the rise of Alan McEwan to Master Boilermaker depicting his life and the larger-than-life work colleagues who filled it. He delves into the history of Boiler-making giving elaborate detailed descriptions of boiler-making practice particularly concentrating on Lancastrian and Cornish although the others are not forgotten. Additionally the huge textile mills are identified, some with descriptions of mill steam engines.
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Category : Craftspeople Stories
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 BOOKS : THE INVENTION OF THE COUNTRY-HOUSE STYLE: JOHN FOWLER
The Invention of the Country-House Style: John Fowler
The book highlights the projects of the eminent interior designer John Folwer, some twenty years after his death his work in some of Britains most important historic buildings are portrayed through the numerous illustrations, investigations of the Fowler schemes and insight into his inspirations. His work spanned many areas from private clients to projects for the National Trust throughout which one thread ran throughout, and that was his desire to create visually successful rooms. The Fowler style has come to be considered by some as the only style for the decoration of a country house and it is argued that he developed his own period style something that reflected contemporary taste. As well as discussing the work of John Folwer the book provides an overview of the conservation of historic interiors.
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Category : FINE ARCHITECTURAL & GARDEN ANTIQUES
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 BOOKS : BUILDING WITH RECLAIMED COMPONENTS AND MATERIALS - A DESIGN HANDBOOK FOR REUSE AND RECYCLING
Building with Reclaimed Components and Materials: Bill Addis
The book encourages construction professionals to develop a greater understanding and confidence in the notion of reusing old materials as it discusses the strain on the environment which the demand for new materials is having and practically provides guidance on the reuse of salvage or reconditioned products and reclaimed materials. Thornton Kay who wrote the forward hopes that the book 'may even contribute to greater interest in this important topic, which may in turn spark the reuse revolution that will inevitably happen.'
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Category : D.I.Y. Tips
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 BOOKS : TRANSACTIONS- ANCIENT MONUMENTS SOCIETY
Transactions - Ancient Monuments Society
The book outlines the beliefs of the Ancient Monuments Society with reference to its study and conservation of ancient monuments, historic buildings and fine old craftsmanship and opposition to the demolition or mutation of listed buildings.
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Category : Architectural STONE & TERRACOTTA
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 BOOKS : THE GREEN BUILDING BIBLE
The green building bible, Volume 1
This book covers numerous areas such as solar power, eco-building products and wood fired heating systems, through which the general public can help to build and sustain a more environmentally sound home. Additionally the book is also relevant to industry professionals as it captures the present state of play in the green building industry and predicts future trends. Over 30 knowledgeable green building experts have contributed to the book to provide a wealth of information on green products and a comprehensive directory of green building professionals in the Uk.
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Category : Reference
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Date Created : 04 Sep 2007 12:39:17
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 BOOKS : CLEANING TECHNIQUES IN CONSERVATION PRACTICE
Cleaning Techniques in Conservation Practice
Various cleaning techniques are discussed by experienced practitioners in the field, such as laser cleaning of sculpture and masonry cleaning technologies. The issue provides an in depth discussion on cleaning of an array of subjects each method is explained in an informed way through practical projects like St Paul's Cathedral and Sydney Opera House.
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Category : D.I.Y. Tips
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 BOOKS : A GLOSSARY OF GARDEN HISTORY
A Glossary of Garden History: Michael Symes
A glossary of garden history describes the increasing trend of the home garden particularly since the Second World War and some of the major British designers involved in its development through brief details, significance and principle works. The book provides definitions within a garden history context which range from simple meanings to derivation and usage many with examples cited and beautifully illustrated.
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Category : GARDEN
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 BOOKS : WALLED KITCHEN GARDENS
Walled Kitchen Gardens: by Susan Campbell
Walled Kitchen Gardens explores their history, design, layout and cultivation. Once every cottage and country house in Great Britain had its own kitchen garden providing a wealth of food for the family and its servants. The author describes how kitchen garden's have evolved and adopted heat and glass to extend the potential plants that can be grown. Numerous places of interest are also referenced which still have examples of walled kitchen gardens such as the Normanby Hall in Lincolnshire which houses numerous 'kitchen' plants that were donated by the organic seed library.
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Category : GARDEN
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 BOOKS : WATTLE AND DAUB
Wattle and Daub: provides a structural outline of the make-up and techniques used in the ancient craft, the author visits homeowners and those in the trade teaching traditional methods of how to repair wattle and daub today. The book continues to discuss the decline in the use of wattle and daub and highlights places of interest that still have examples of the delightfully charming buildings.
Location : UK > London West
Category : Various, mixed, misc and other
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 BOOKS : ARCHITECTURE IN WOOD: A WORLD HISTORY
Architecture in Wood: A World History by Will Pryce.
Publisher's statement: New from acclaimed photographer Will Pryce, co-author of the bestselling Brick: A World History, comes the first comprehensive history of the traditions and achievements of international wooden architecture. Pryce's spectacular photographs portray a dazzling, diverse collection of structures, spanning the globe and uniting the very beginnings of architecture with its 21st-century future, in which new buildings make a powerful environmental and aesthetic case for wood as a material for all time.
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Category : Complete Large Buildings
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Date Created : 11 May 2006 23:31:06
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 BOOKS : BUILDING A WOOD-FIRED OVEN FOR BREAD AND PIZZA
Building a Wood-fired Oven for Bread and Pizza by Tom Jaine
Salvo has not seen a copy of this book. The publisher says: Today's bread lacks the taste of former times - partly due to the flour and the short time taken in making and maturing the dough, but mainly because of the oven. Bread is cooked in hot air, or steamed to death; it never has the chance to develop the crackling deep crust, or capture that indefinable aroma of wheat that comes from making bread slowly and baking it in brick. In the ancient world, ovens were invented solely for baking bread, and the design, materials and methods of firing of ovens still working in the Greek countryside - and those which stand ruined in village squares in the Dordogne - are essentially the same as those that baked bread for Julius Caesar. Written with the novice builder in mind, this book describes the stages of construction of a brick oven for the garden, with no fire hazards, no major structural problems and no planning difficulties. Detailed plans and illustrations are provided. Further chapters describe how to fire and run such ovens, and give recipes for basic breads and pizzas, and there is an additional section on restoring and running old ovens, thousands of which which survive in farmhouses across Britain.
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Category : KITCHEN & accessories
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Date Created : 11 May 2006 23:24:32
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 BOOKS : OAK-FRAMED BUILDINGS
Salvo has not seen a copy of this book.
Green Building Press say 'Rupert Newman, brings this traditional craft fully up-to-date for the 21st century so the buildings featured are also sustainable and energy efficient . . . a brief history of framing, preliminaries, design issues, structural qualities, construction, and raising the frames, sustainability, moisture, ventilation and the breathing wall . . . a practical book on technique and superb resource for carpenters, builders and self-builders.'
Rupert Newman's company, West Wind Oak's web site has some interesting pages including one which outlines ways to shotblast and steam clean new oak beams: Oak from a sawmill has bluey black stains produced by the iron in the saw blades reacting with the natural tannin in the oak . . . then when it rains brown water stains come from water leaching out the tannin in the oak. The common way to clean the oak frame is by sandblasting away a thin layer of wood leaving clean bare timber. Use a non-ferrous grit. Then cover the frame with heavy gauge polythene. Any water stains can be washed out with a scrubbing brush and warm, soapy water but the whole beam will need to be done otherwise a 'tide mark' will be left. A better way is to use a steam from a wallpaper stripper with an upholstery attachment wrapped in a cloth and rubbed over the stain.
Ideally, wood should be hewn, not sawn and planed, and never treated. Thornton Kay of Salvo and his building company built untreated reclaimed oak structures and elements of buildings in the 1970's and 1980's, using traditional techniques. Green oak turns a pleasant silvery colour within a year. Hewn oak retains the cellular structure of the wood which makes it more durable than sawn wood. Many traditional frames were made from adzed coppiced oak roundwood, not felled oak trees sawn square, with all the waste that entails.
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Category : Complete Large Buildings
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Date Created : 11 May 2006 22:35:46
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 BOOKS : SHIRE BOOKS: LICHENS BY JACK R. LAUNDON
Useful to anyone looking at lichens on stone, composition stone and terracotta, garden ornament, statuary and outside architectural items. Lichen has also been used to identify stolen items as a photo shows its unique patterning. Lichenology is the science of dating old worked stone by the size of the lichen that has grown on it. New £2.95. Secondhand from 42p.
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Category : STATUARY
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 BOOKS : ANTIQUE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS FOR TH . . .
US guide with prices to antique leaded, stained, coloured, brilliant cut and etched glass.
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Category : WINDOWS & accessories
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 BOOKS : EXTRAORDINARY INTERIORS
Extraordinary Interiors: Decorating with Architectural Salvage and Antiques . . . by Brian D Coleman MD, a US psychiatrist. The book starts with interiors in a Getty house featuring Nureyev furniture and Steinitz panelling where the self-building designer observes that the discovered objects create the style, a salvage truth which holds good whether you buy in Bond Street or find in a skip or dumpster. (I have not read this book - ed) 160pp June 2005 Hardback
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 BOOKS : TELEPHONE BOXES BY NEIL JOHANNESSEN
A Shire book
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Category : Shop, Pub, Church, Telephone Boxes & Bygones
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BOOKS : TASTE AND THE ANTIQUE BY N PENNY AND F HASKELL
If you are only going to buy one book on statuary this should be it. The definitive reference guide to the 200 most popular classical and renaissance sculptures still seen as old and new copies in antique shops, salvage yards and garden centres today - TK.
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Category : STATUARY
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 BOOKS : THE MATERIALS OF SCULPTURE BY NICHOLAS PENNY
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Surveying the sculpture of many civilizations from ancient Egypt to 20th-century North America, this book provides a basic introduction to the nature of materials used by sculptors, examining how these were regarded as well as how they were worked in different periods and in different cultures.
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BOOKS : TELEPHONE BOXES BY GAVIN STAMP
Out of print book, one of a series of architectural monographs by Gavin Stamp, Philip Davies and Alan Powers, published by Chatto in the early days of their careers. Stamp records the losing competitors, including Lorimer and Voysey, and the winner Giles Scott, who copied much earlier features by John Soane, to end up with the 'K' series, K4 and K6.
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Category : Shop, Pub, Church, Telephone Boxes & Bygones
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BOOKS : FLUSHED WITH PRIDE
A story of Thomas Crapper by Wallace Reyburn
Amazon's synopsis
The name of Thomas Crapper, the inventor 100 years ago of the flushing lavatory, is commemorated on toilet cisterns throughout Britain. "Flushed With Pride" reveals the story of his remarkable life and his struggle to reform the nation's water closets.
Thomas Crapper & Co are Salvo Code dealers in new authentic replica, and immaculately restored antique, sanitaryware based in Warwickshire. The book above contains some inaccuracies but is a good read and is now available in Japanese - ed
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Category : BATHROOM & accessories
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 BOOKS : ANTIQUE GARDEN ORNAMENT: 200YRS OF AMERICAN TASTE
From Library Journal
Israel, an antiques dealer specializing in vintage garden furniture, fountains, and statuary, is well known in her field, with such clients as the Winterthur Museum, the Smithsonian, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. In this book, which the publisher claims is the most complete reference of its kind, she documents the history of American garden ornament from the mid-1800s to the 1940s. Individual chapters discuss the history and the evolution of a variety of objects such as urns, statues, fountains, and sundials, while later sections of the book provide an illustrated checklist of more than 300 antique objects, a list of manufacturers, and information on the maintenance and security of ornaments. For gardeners hungry to see the actual objects in situ, there is a list of 52 notable gardens in the United States (with addresses and phone numbers only). This book should appeal to a broad audience from gardeners and landscape architects to antique collectors, dealers, and historians.
-Margarete Gross, Chicago P.L.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Barbara Israel is a Salvo Code dealer based in New York - ed
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