The Dakota: A History of the World's Best-Known Apartment Building Format:Hardcover Ideal for the DIYer professional

Ideal for the DIYer professional designer and builder alike this comprehensive book on cordwood construction covers: Wood species selection log-end length and seasoning New mortar options such as cement lime putty and cob mortar Wall cavity insulation options Budgeting and estimating for your cordwood construction Highly illustrated step-by-step cordwood masonry construction methods and techniques Window and door frame installation Painting and chinking finishing and plastering your cordwood construction Special designs and decorative features Code references code compliance building science and best practices for cordwood masonry construction methods Troubleshooting and maintenance

Introducing the best young-designers-to-be whether rule-breakers or defenders of tradition upcoming architects design buildings and infrastructure that will define our cities for years to come

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press (September 7 2011)

Upgrade explores architectural and design concepts that seek to enhance and repurpose our surroundings

ISBN-10: 0847861872

The Dakota: A History of the World's Best-Known Apartment Building Format:Hardcover Ideal for the DIYer professionalThe Dakota is arguably the best known residential address in the world home to dozens of New York City's most famous artists performers and successful executives. The rare sale of an apartment there usually at jaw dropping prices is newsworthy as is the financial and architectural health of the building itself a landmark in every sense of the word. The first true luxury apartment house built in New York City more than 130 years ago the Dakota is still