The Dakota: A History of the World's Best-Known Apartment Building Format:Hardcover does what no other book

does what no other book on the subject has — it offers a complete step-by-step guide to the conversion process from seat removal to planning layout and installing insulation flooring and furnishings that meet your needs

In this lavishly produced volume authors Virginia and Lee McAlester explore outstanding landmark houses that exemplify America's major architectural and interior design styles from Colonial times to the mid-twentieth century

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

ISBN-10: 0847861872

ISBN-10: 0847844765

The Dakota: A History of the World's Best-Known Apartment Building Format:Hardcover does what no other bookThe 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