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The Japanese Dream House: How Technology and Tradition Are Shaping New Home Design

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The modern Japanese home has always attracted Western architects and designers. With a panache that often borders on the outrageous, modern homes in Japan blend such traditional elements as shoji screens and tatam-matted rooms with what, at first glance, appear to be thoroughly contemporary elements of the Western home. And yet a closer look reveals impressively subtle alterations. Carefully crafted wooden surfaces throughout the home gleam with a delicate Japan… More >>

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Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates

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If you want an inexpensive, environmentally sound source of energy for your home, you need look no further than the sun. Solar heat is not subject to rate increases, is totally renewable, pollution free and requires little or no technology. It is here for you today, and can easily provide up to 50 per cent of your space and water heating requirements. This is a book that simply and clearly explains the principles of using solar energy to heat your home. Anyone build… More >>

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