Feng Shui Landscape Architecture
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Simple Fountains for Indoors & Outdoors: 20 Step-By-Step Projects $9.00 Few elements are as ubiquitous or as essential as water, or as appealing for the soothing sights and sounds with which it enhances our environment. Fountains are the ideal way to incorporate water’s magic into our homes and gardens, and the fountain maker becomes something of an illusionist, striving emulate nature and to conceal the mechanics that make the perpetual flow of water possible. … |
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Feng Shui Design: From History and Landscape to Modern Gardens and Interiors (Compass) $24.94 Feng Shui (fung schway) originated in ancient China, as farmers sought to survive through finding harmony with nature, but in recent years it has moved to the West and entered the mainstream of the modern design world. Internationally renowned interior designers, architects, and landscapers are adopting feng shui precepts in their work, and stories abound of the remarkable, positive impact feng sh… |
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Feng-Shui: The Science of Sacred Landscape in Old China $6.85 Call out Feng-shui at any lively cocktail party and you will immediately rustle up the attention of all the professional (and wannabe) decorators in the room. They will tell you about beautiful coffee table books featuring color prints of pricey organic furnishings and explain how a mirror placed here and a bamboo plant there can reroute the bad vibes in even a hovel and pave the way for the goo… |
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Feng Shui $3.48 Feng shui is the ancient Chinese art of life-space design. Incorporating Taoist philosophy and practical experience, feng shui is the art and science behind the material world of Asia, woven into the basic fabric of almost all residential and commercial architecture. The purpose behind feng shui is to balance the energy in those places where we live and work: "life-space." Feng shui teaches that our surroundings have a tremendous subconscious impact on our health, attitude, relationships, and success. By making subtle changes to the design and decor of your home and office, you can positively influence your life. In this concise guide, feng shui expert and architect Zaihong Shen shows you how to create positive energy–whether you live in a city apartment or a country house; whether you work at home or downtown. Fully illustrated chapters include: recommendations on proper feng shui for house and apartment interiors (focusing on the most important elements–doors, kitchens, and bedrooms); feng shui for gardens and yards; and feng shui to bring prosperity to various types of business and office. |
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Architect’s Guide to Feng Shui, Exploding the Myth $26.98 Cate Bramble has devoted her career to highlighting the differences between ‘feng shui-lite’ as a fashionable pursuit in contrast to the original intentions of the Chinese masters. Here she presents the authentic principles in a technical, no-nonsense pocket book specifically for architects. As clients become more demanding and the competition for projects heats up, the architect is well advised to have many strings to their bow. This practical guide includes line illustrations that present the principles of feng shui, the Chinese art or practice in which a structure or site is chosen or configured so as to harmonize with the spiritual forces that inhabit it, and their application in architecture through planning principles, services, building elements and materials, in an accessible, easy reference format. The feng shui-savvy architect can also benefit from feng shui’s ability to match structures and land, and the peculiar capacity of authentic feng shui to forecast development-related concerns including cost overruns, quality issues – even worker injuries and trade disputes!The author explains feng shui from archaeological sources and evidence of practice in the east, contrasting it with what passes for feng shui in the west. She analyses the practice in terms of such concepts as western systems theory, viewshed, space syntax and the ‘pattern landscape’ theory of urban planning. For the first time, the Sustainable implications of feng shui design are explained with reference to the latest developments in behavioural and cognitve sciences, evolutionary biology and other western viewpoints.* The first ‘how to’ guide on feng shui specifically written for architects* Contains numerous technical illustrations to define and analyse the genuine design elements of feng shui, for quick and easy reference* Supplies knowledge of the scientific, ethical and ecological principles of the original Chinese system, to impress your clients |
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Feng Shui Today $3.48 Deepak Chopra’s review describes this book the best…(Professional interior designer and Feng Shui expert) draws from sacred architecture, geomancy, astrology, and the organic approaches of visionary architects. Jami presents practical and inexpensive ideas to bring harmony to your surroundings in a book that goes far beyond Feng Shui. |
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Feng Shui and Money $10.98 Attain the wealth and prosperity you?ve dreamed of with easy-to-apply feng shui principles! Easy to understand and fun to read, Feng Shui and Money helps readers connect to the spiritual and psychological dimensions of their financial lives through the ancient practice of feng shui. Starting out with the captivating history of this ancient Chinese philosophy, this entertaining guide covers the basic principles of feng shui thought throughout the ages and its wide popularity today. Next, it offers innovative suggestions for favorable interior arrangements at home and in the office, time-proven rituals to create prosperity, dozens of chi enhancement exercises, and valuable advice for tending one?s spiritual landscape. Finally, readers will find a nine-week action plan that shows how to translate these feng shui principles into an individual, achievable program of financial and spiritual renewal. Written by an experienced psychotherapist and feng shui consultant, this pragmatic yet sensitive book offers a refreshing, lively blend of Asian spirituality and Western psychological insight. |
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Feng Shui Meditation Journal $11.48 This journal, based on the best-selling Feng Shui wall calendar, features meditative text and line drawing calligraphy, interspersed throughout the journal, that illustrate the principles of feng shui. Cover photograph is by Gary Braasch. Tom Bender, practitioner of sustainable architecture and feng shui, provides meditations and poetic reflections guiding the journal writer in the art of living in harmony with the natural world. Sample of meditative text: The breath of life, or Chi, pervades all people, places, and things; vital to their interaction. This power of nature can be consciously called into focus, balance, and harmony in our places and our lives. The 128-page journal is 6" x 8.25" and has a high-quality hardbound cover with an attractive Wire-O binding. The journal has blank pages on the left and lined pages on the right, while evenly spaced throughout are selections of meditative text and calligraphy drawings. |
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Beauty Feng Shui $6.48 Use the principles of feng shui to promote both inner and outer beauty. â?¢ Includes daily exercises to deepen self-awareness, alter destructive behavior patterns, and create an effective spiritual practice. â?¢ An excellent way to treat skin-care problems such as wrinkles, acne, and dryness without resorting to medications. â?¢ By the author of Body Feng Shui. Many people are now familiar with the use of feng shui to design living spaces that harmonize with the landscape and that enhance the positive aspects of one’s life. Few people know, however, that these same feng shui principles can be applied to the human body to chart the relationship between inner character and outer appearance. Focusing on the special needs of women, Beauty Feng Shui explains the spiritual and physical meaning of each part of the body according to min xiang shue–body feng shui–and provides exercises and meditations to restore harmony to those areas compromised by energy imbalances. A wide spectrum of specific beauty and health concerns is addressed, including acne, menstrual cramps, wrinkles, and overly dry or oily skin. But beauty is not only skin deep. Chao-Hsiu Chen also discusses inner beauty and how to strengthen it through meditation, visualization, and imagination. She includes daily exercises that allow the reader to deepen self-awareness, alter destructive behavior patterns, and create an effective spiritual practice. More than one hundred illustrations show these exercises and special Chinese characters for use in meditation and visualization. |
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A Master Course in Feng-Shui $22.48 This fully illustrated, comprehensive workbook is designed primarily for homeowners, renters, architects, and business owners who want to put feng-shui to practical personal use—to choose a home, build a house, select an office, or find a retail space. Real estate agents, interior designers, and architects will also find it useful as a reference manual. The text and exercises proceed in systematic fashion from basic principles to specific projects, covering the following lessons: Evaluating the landscape and external environment by using the techniques of the Landform School Using the geomantic compass to chart patterns of energy within a building Planning the usage of space Matching occupants to a house Deciding on the placement of furniture Improving the feng-shui of a building with countermeasures, enhancers, and renovations Building a new house Choosing or designing an apartment, business suite, or retail space |
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Garden Feng Shui $5.48 This is a practical guide to the application of feng shui in the garden, examining the principles of feng shui, functional and decorative garden buildings, water features and ornaments, and plants to fit in with the feng shui of your garden. |
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Feng Shui In The Garden $3.98 Feng Shui In The Garden by Richard Webster Published in 1999 by Llewellyn Publications |
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Feng Shui For Success & Happiness $9.98 Feng Shui For Success & Happiness by Webster Published in 1951 by Llewellyn Publications |
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Simple Feng Shui $3.98 Simple Feng Shui by Damian Sharp Published in 1999 by Conari Press |
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Feng Shui for the Home $3.48 Feng Shui for the Home by Sasha Fenton Published in 2002 by Caxton Editions |
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Feng Shui for Business $3.98 Feng Shui for Business by Evelyn Lip Published in 1989 by Stone Bridge Press |
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Practical Feng Shui for the Home $3.98 Practical Feng Shui for the Home by Albert Low Published in 1998 by Weatherhill |
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Feng Shui at Home $3.98 Feng Shui at Home by Carol Soucek King Published in 1999 by PBC International |
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The Essence of Feng Shui $4.48 The Essence of Feng Shui by Jami Lin Published in 1998 by Hay House |
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Feng Shui Your Life $19.48 Feng Shui Your Life by Jayme Barrett Published in 2003 by Sterling |
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Feng-Shui $20.48 The first complete, in-depth course in the traditional Chinese art of harmonious design for interiors, buildings, and sites—including instructions for making your own geomantic compass for feng-shui readings. Deeply rooted in Taoist and shamanic origins, feng-shui is not simply a list of directives for building auspicious structures or arranging interiors for good luck. It is the art of reading the patterns of the universe and living in harmony with the environment. With 200 photos and diagrams. |
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Feng Shui, Problema / solucion / Feng Shui, Problem / Solution $13.48 Feng Shui, Problema / solucion / Feng Shui, Problem / Solution : Solution by Ernesto Spezzafune Published in 2003 by Deva’s |