No comments about Ontario's Historic Mills.

No comments about Old Houses of Jordan.

1 comments about English Country Houses: Early Georgian 1715-1760 Mid Georgian 1760-1800 Late Georgian 1800-1840 (English Country Houses Series).

1. Very good reference source. Many houses covered; good exterior and interior pictures of each. Many floor-plans (from original drawings) as well.

1 comments about Raising the Roof: Creating the Kibbie Dome at the University of Idaho.

1. Perhaps the most amazing this is that this structure, visible from the Pullman highway, cost less than one million dollars to build. What a bargain when one considers that this building does for the UI what three separate facilities do for WSU if one discounts the differences in the athletic conferences. This slim book details how Trus Joist Corp. of Boise, ID, coordinated engineers and contractors and built the largest indoor college facility in the nation using laminated veneer lumber and the TRUSDEK structural system developed by Trus Joist. Not only that, they did it within ten months after the bid was accepted, completing the project in time for the first home football game. The author, Peter T. Johnson, knows what he's writing about. He was once the CEO of Trus Joist and he writes: "I remember the day in 1974 when the University opened the sealed bids in Moscow, ID. That morning, having experienced many times the bid, award, construct cycle, I felt the customary anxiety that prevails between the offer and the acceptance phases, as one might await a marriage proposal." Of course the bid was awarded and thus begins the union. And like many marriages, there were some interesting dips in the road. Warping due to weather moisture and other causes was a major concern. Finally, the project was completed and dedicated on Oct. 11, 1975. Its name is officially the William H. Kibbe-ASUI Activity Center Dome. Kibbie is a former UI student and was a monetary contributor to the project. Once finished, the Kibbie Dome received recongition in the architecture and engineering fields world wide. Engineering News Record, Architectural Record, Forest Products Journal, Western Building Design, and other major magazines covered the building extensively. Articles about the structure were published in the Japanes and German languages. The project's most prestigious nod came when the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) awarded this impressive structure the ASCE Outstanding Structural Engineering Achievement Award for 1976 beating out a multi billion dollar mall project in New York State. In the last two decades plus, Palouse residents have come to take this awesome building for granted. "Raising the Roof" reminds us that great things can be accomplished with bold ingenuity and very little money, even in this 20th Century. I recommend this book to any and all architect students as well as those interested in local architectural history. Included are several beautiful photographs.

No comments about Barcelona and Gaudi: Examples of Modernist Architecture.

No comments about Raimund Abraham. (Un)built.

1 comments about Gingerbread Gems of Willimantic, Connecticut.

1. This was a nice book, nicely done. The photographs and descriptions gave a thoughtful picture of a town justifiably proud of its history.

No comments about The Architecture of Latin America.

1 comments about From Shinto to Ando: Studies in Architectural Anthropology in Japan.

1. This book is an extremely informative study on the Japanese concepts of space making. It demonstrates how Shinto beliefs are manifested in the traditional work of architecture as well as the work of one of the world's most reknown Japanese modern architect Tadao Ando. Unlike other books on Ando, this book emphasizes on the experiential aspects of Ando's work and his ingenious ways of manipulating sequences of space with light. These sequences are described meticulously and analyzed with a lot of penetrating insights. A truly enlightening book.

No comments about Chinese Spatial Strategies: Imperial Beijing, 1420-1911.