Designing Your Perfect House
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0979882036 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It's full of sage advice from a master architect about how to design the perfect house for you.Presented in twelve understandable lessons, this book moves from wonderful concepts to a finished dream home. Designing Your Perfect House:Lessons from an Architect is the ideal guidebook for navigating the often mystifying process of house design and building. Beginning with an exploration of the philosophy of design, the grammar of architecture, the creation of space, and discussions of how to make spaces be appropriate and gratifying for the people living in them, the lessons explore issues of scale, daylight, how to make a house feel like a home, unifying a design, flow, and proportions.This book answers questions like: How do I get started? How do I select a building site? What kind of house can I afford with my budget? How do I make my dream house just right for me?Other topics include: site analysis and selection, programming, schematic design, style, room relationships, budget, working with professionals, methods of contracting, and more.Numerous color photos and drawings illustrate the book's major points
Fine book but there are better Read this book in one sitting. Mr. Hirsch makes many excellent points about house design, especially the feel and flow of a house, symmetry and asymmetry, capturing light, repeating certain motifs, etc. etc. If this is the only book you read prior to designing or remodelling a house, you will be ahead of the game. However, I do think many of the same points are made more effectively, with more extensive illustrations, and in a better . "Where to start." according to Craig L Coulter. We have retired from the classroom and received four acres of meadow in Texas. What a great time to design and build a perfect home that fits us, the land, the environment, and our lives. We also didn't have a clue where to start or how completely our concepts needed to be before we could break ground. This book has led us step by step through the process of design. As we have drawn and discarded, marked it out on the ground and pulle. "Wealth of useful information" according to Braidweaver. The first part of this book explains the process of home design and building, with lots of great advice for finding and working with an architect and a builder. I particularly enjoyed the second part of the book which gives extensive lists of questions that help you refine your ideas for what your dream house will be llike before you even contact either of those professionals. It really made me think about my "wants" in a way I never
Drawing many examples from his own practice, he explains the process and philosophy of residential design as seen from a professional's view and discusses what to consider when creating one's dream home. Hirsch certainly is providing a guide for creating a house that becomes a home." Irene Watson, Readerviews" Color photos and drawings profusely illustrate Hirsch's major points. It is an informed and informative guide through the whole process of taking your concepts and dreams and making them into