Home Architecture

From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. “Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and...

Read by the author. Declutter Your Heart and Your Home provides tips, tricks, and tools to rid yourself of the internal and external clutter weighing you down, as well as relatable stories and soul-nourishing truths from Scripture to fill your heart and home with what truly matters. Do you long...

Horror begins at home. From family homes in Amityville to Gothic mansions in Los Angeles and the Unabomber's cabin, houses often capture and contain the horror that has happened within them. Sick Houses crosses the threshold of these eerie spaces to explore how different types of architecture become vessels for terror and how these spaces, meant to shelter us, instead become the source of our deepest fears.

Your Dream Home with Containers: The Updated Guide to Designing, Planning, and Building It for a Fraction of the Cost of a Traditional Home Have you always dreamed of owning your own home, but real estate prices seem to climb further out of reach every year? Does the idea of building with containers excite you, but you have no idea where to start between permits, foundations, insulation, and utilities, and you are afraid of making costly mistakes? Are you worried about choosing the wrong land, the wrong container, or finding yourself stuck in red tape before you have even tightened a single...

Decorating your home for each season doesn't have to be stressful, overwhelming, or expensive--just ask The Nester! In Welcome Home, New York Times bestselling author Myquillyn Smith guides you through a minimalist process of creating and enjoying a seasonally decorated home with more style and...

READ BY THE AUTHOR. Listen while you organize in real time! Eliminate the clutter and discover the joy of having your house organized with simple, realistic strategies that work for normal people. So you want to keep your kitchen counter clean but you aren't ready to toss the toaster? You want...

THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER Soon to be a BBC One and HBO Max limited four-part series, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show; Misbehaviour) and multiple Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Emmy-nominated actor David Oyelowo (Selma; Les Misérables) “A pitch-perfect novel of psychological...

Discover the joy of cleaning with this cheery and thoughtful guide to tidying up and turning your house into a home. Read by author Patric Richardson, himself! Patric Richardson is known as “The Laundry Evangelist,” but his genuine love for household chores extends far beyond the laundry...

Go beyond décor trends to make your home beautiful, stylish, and comfortable. . .on any budget. Writing for the hands-on woman who'd rather move her own furniture than hire a designer, Myquillyn Smith--author of the The Nesting Place--helps you think through every room in your house, one...

The creator of the popular cleaning website Clean Mama and author of Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home shows you how to establish systems and rituals to transform your home into a clean, organized, and comfortable space for you and your family. We all want our homes to be cozy and...

Learn how to design a passive solar house on the cheap. For owner-builders, this book covers how to utilize the frugal buy-and-barter method to find used and free building materials to build your own green building or alternative construction home. Included are straw bale house examples that the author and another solar expert have built with up to 90% energy efficiency, and how to obtain that level of efficiency in your own home through passive solar design. Save big on utility bills the rest of your life in your home by greatly reducing the need for heating and cooling, simply through ...

Bloomsbury presents Feng Shui Modern by Cliff Tan, read by Kevin Shen. In an increasingly cramped world, a modern guide to opening up your living space –and your life –using the ancient principles of feng shui. How do you place a bed in an awkward room? How can your space help you be more...

From “tomorrow’s greatest designer” (The Atlantic), a personal and deeply researched look at how the choices we build into our environment reflect and determine the way we think, connect, and live. We've been led to believe that purposefully designed spaces are something reserved only for...

What is your home like? Is it big or small? Is it made of concrete, straw, wood, or clay? Step inside homes from around world and learn how different people live in this engaging series that develops kids' understanding of our diverse global community and their place in it.

Ideal for readers of 6+ with an interest in design and construction […] From treehouses to skyscrapers, timber to future tech, Clarke’s well-judged text is heightened by Sae-Heng’s bright, flat images. – The Guardian Get designing and building with architect and TV presenter GEORGE...

This stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic buildings. Journeying through time and place, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the soaring skyscrapers of Manhattan, renowned architectural historian Dan...

Transform Your Dream into Reality with “Shipping Container Homes for Beginners: The Ultimate Simple Guide to Building Your Eco-Friendly and Budget-Friendly Container Home” Are you a project manager or a DIY enthusiast aiming to carve out a sustainable, cost-effective living space for your growing family? Does the thought of navigating the complex building process or blowing past your budget keep you up at night? If these concerns sound all too familiar, then this book is your blueprint to overcoming them! “Shipping Container Homes for Beginners” is not just another home construction...

**Narrated by the Author!** Interior designer and television host Jeremiah Brent explores the emotional meaning of home in this warm and inviting book that illuminates what make peoples’ spaces so personally significant. For many of us, our houses are more than just where we hold our...

“We build our lives around what we love, and we build our homes around our lives.” Talor Stewart, Architect Whether you are upsizing or downsizing, renovating or building new, you can have a home that looks beautiful AND enhances your life goals and values. Seen in NBC, FOX, USA Today and dozens of other news and media outlets, this #1 best selling book is both inspirational and practical. Before you invest 5, 6, or even 7 figures on your home, make SURE you have looked at the essentials, to ensure you get the best home to fit your new and changing lifestyle - because the LAST thing ...

In this mesmerizing memoir-in-essays, New York Times best-selling author Erica Bauermeister renovates a trash-filled house in eccentric Port Townsend, Washington, and in the process takes listeners on a journey to discover the ways our spaces subliminally affect us. A personal, accessible, and literary exploration of the psychology of architecture, this book is designed for homeowners, remodelers, and those who are simply curious about how our built environments shape who we become.