Home Space Planning: A Guide for Architects, Designers, and Home Owners [Hardcover]

Nancy Temple (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 25, 1995

Through the use of "before" and "after" plans, this text offers the architect and the client a more cost-effective way of re-designing a typical residential layout. Each floor plan shows the original design with graphic devices to demonstrate how the design changes were made.

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Temple explains residential space planning by presenting case studies that depict existing rooms followed by floor plans for remodeling alternatives. Homeowners can use this book to develop some understanding of how a designer approaches the problems encountered when redesigning a house. But the case study format could limit its use because unimaginative homeowners might become frustrated with examples that don't exactly reflect their situations. The primary value of the book will be as a text for students-and even practicing builders and designers-that shows how to illustrate various solutions when adapting a remodeling project to a client's needs and budget.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 285 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (October 25, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070634998
• ISBN-13: 978-0070634992
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,012,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars How to fix a floorplan, December 21, 2000

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Joe Williams "Joedelta" (Citrus Heights, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Space Planning: A Guide for Architects, Designers, and Home Owners (Hardcover)

Home Space Planning is a collection of 20 problem floorplans, each with 2-20 modifications (in increasing complexity and difficulty) suggested by the architect.

Though the book is 80% pictures, the short paragraphs describing the problems and solutions pictured quickly teach one the remodeler's art. You'll learn to quickly identify a problem kitchen or a noisy bedroom, and learn a variety of fixing tricks -- from rearranging cabinets to moving walls to adding a second floor.