Mountain Houses

Mountain Houses

Author: Philippe Saharoff

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 2007-11-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781584796480

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Illustrated with more than three hundred photographs shoes the interiors and exteriors of mountain houses in the French and Swiss Alps.


Snow Country

Snow Country

Author: Elizabeth Claire Flood

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2000-09

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780811824514

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Flood takes readers on an intimate tour inside the quaint chalets, rustic cabins, and extravagant mountain retreats found in some of the top western ski resorts of the Colorado Rockies, California's Sierra Nevada, and Whistler, Canada. 200 color images.


Mountain Houses

Mountain Houses

Author:

Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.


Bungalows, Camps, and Mountain Houses

Bungalows, Camps, and Mountain Houses

Author: William Phillips Comstock

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 160239007X

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"A record of some of the best work carried out in the bungalow style." Tony P. Wrenn, AIA Archivist, from the...


Mountain Modern

Mountain Modern

Author: Dominic Bradbury

Publisher:

Published: 2016-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780500292563

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High up in the snow-covered alpine regions of the world, the whole idea of mountain living is being refreshed and reinvented... As our cities become more concentrated, there is an increasing desire to experience nature as directly as possible, and architects are making use of new technologies and materials to look again at the tried-and-true methods, with results that range from cosy retreats to glamorous hilltop villas. From the Highlands of Scotland to the breathtaking summits of the Alps and the Rockies, Mountain Modern is a journey to some of the most stunning homes around the world, designed for high-altitude climates and mountainous locations, fusing style with comfort in extreme weather conditions.


Silence on the Mountain

Silence on the Mountain

Author: Daniel Wilkinson

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780822333685

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Written by a young human rights worker, "Silence on the Mountain" is a virtuoso work of reporting and a masterfully plotted narrative tracing the history of Guatemala's 36-year internal war, a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people.