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Building: A Carpenter's Notes on Life & the Art of Good Work

By Mark Ellison
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By Mark Ellison
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Dubbed "the man who gets hired to build impossible things" by the New Yorker, Mark Ellison's list of clients is as exclusive as it gets. In Building, he pulls back the curtain on a niche, high-stakes and elite occupational community, and it reads like the best workplace drama. With sketches, photos and illustrations, this is a complete book, brimming with entertainment value.

In Building, a visionary carpenter shares indelible stories on building a life worth living, revealing powerful lessons about work, creativity, and design through his experience constructing some of New York’s most iconic spaces.

“This book is for people who are interested in doing anything well.”―Sam Sifton, The New York Times

Winner of the Inc. Non-Obvious Book Award

For forty years, Mark Ellison has worked in the most beautiful homes you’ve never seen, specializing in rarefied, lavish, and ...

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