Books for before you build or remodel your home (nonfiction)

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Not So Big House
Not So Big House 4.06 avg rating — 2,079 ratings
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Real Life: Construction Management Guide from A-Z
Real Life: Construction Management Guide from A-Z 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid
Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid 4.26 avg rating — 368 ratings
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School 4.08 avg rating — 5,651 ratings
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The Forever Home: How to work with an architect to design the home of your dreams
The Forever Home: How to work with an architect to design the home of your dreams 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
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IT'S NOT YOUR HOUSE ....: How to simply your own design from scratch dream house
IT'S NOT YOUR HOUSE ....: How to simply your own design from scratch dream house it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Simple Rules: What the Oldtime Builders Knew
Simple Rules: What the Oldtime Builders Knew 3.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Remodel - Without Going Bonkers or Broke: Have a Stress-Free Renovation and Fall In Love With Your Home Again
Remodel - Without Going Bonkers or Broke: Have a Stress-Free Renovation and Fall In Love With Your Home Again 4.09 avg rating — 85 ratings
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A Course in Real Feng Shui: Make Your Property Work for You at All Times
A Course in Real Feng Shui: Make Your Property Work for You at All Times 4.64 avg rating — 28 ratings
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101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School
101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School 4.26 avg rating — 295 ratings
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Vern Yip's Vacation at Home: Design Ideas for Creating Your Everyday Getaway
Vern Yip's Vacation at Home: Design Ideas for Creating Your Everyday Getaway
by: Vern Yip
3.38 avg rating — 104 ratings
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) 4.42 avg rating — 5,328 ratings
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Solar Energy On A Shoestring Budget
Solar Energy On A Shoestring Budget 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Buttonwood Cottage
Buttonwood Cottage 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Pinch Me: Waking Up in a 300-Year-Old Italian Farmhouse
Pinch Me: Waking Up in a 300-Year-Old Italian Farmhouse 4.42 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Deck Rebellion: Revolutionary Concepts for Outdoor Living
Deck Rebellion: Revolutionary Concepts for Outdoor Living it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Architecture: Form, Space, & Order
Architecture: Form, Space, & Order 4.29 avg rating — 3,989 ratings
17.
The Most Beautiful House in the World
The Most Beautiful House in the World 3.85 avg rating — 521 ratings
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101 Things I Learned in Engineering School
101 Things I Learned in Engineering School 4.09 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things 4.09 avg rating — 12,396 ratings
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Traditional Construction Patterns: Design and Detail Rules-of-Thumb
Traditional Construction Patterns: Design and Detail Rules-of-Thumb 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings
22.
Architecture: Presence, Language, Place
Architecture: Presence, Language, Place 4.19 avg rating — 99 ratings
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The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses
The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses 4.38 avg rating — 4,207 ratings