Medium density garden
In growing Australian cities there is an urgent need to build houses on increasingly smaller blocks of land. As an alternative to using land for high-rise buildings such as flats and units, designers are now looking at other ways of increasing ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Cut and Fill
Don visited a classic Australian housing estate to look at some very serious drainage problems caused by the cut and fill method of construction, which is commonly used these days to build houses on sloping land. Cut and fill is when builders cut ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Richard Scarry
Illus. in full color. Shows and tells what busy people do every day to build houses, sail ships, fly planes, keep house, and grow food. Illustrated in full color. This car-and- truck-filled alphabet extravaganza that starts with an ambulance and ... [... more]
Random House |
