Storey Publishing's newest book on small homes, Small House Designs, represents the top choices in Storey's international juried competition of plans for small modern homes. The Criteria: affordable, aesthetically pleasing, functional, environmentally conscious, and innovative. The Results: geographic and stylistic diversity to inspire homeowners, buyers, builders, and designers of all kinds. Each design includes an exterior drawing, floor plan, site plan, axonometric of interior, and elevations. Judges' critiques and the designer's concept comments accompany plans for each project. Addresses for architects and designers are also provided for readers interested in obtaining scale plans or more information about a particular house.
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Small homes are BIG:
big on style,
big on convenience,
and big on savings.
Storey Publishing's newest book on small homes, Small House Designs, represents the top choices in Storey's international juried competitions of plans for small modern homes.
The Criteria: affordable, aesthetically pleasing, functional, environmentally conscious, and innovative.
The Results: geographic and stylistic diverstiy to inspire homeowners, buyers, builders, and designers of all kinds.
Each design includes an exterior drawing, floor plan, site plan, axonometric of interior, and elevations. Judges' critiques and the designer's concept comments accompany plans for each project. Addresses for architects and designers are also provided for readers interested in obtaining scale plans or more information about a particular house.
About the Author
Kenneth R. Tremblay, Jr. is a professor at Colorado State University. He has also written the book, Social Aspects of Housing and Beyond the American Housing Dream. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Lawrence Von Bamford is a professor at Colorado State University. A resident of Loveland, Colorado, he is also the author of Design Resources and A History of Contemporary Architecture and Design.
Lawrence Von Bamford is a professor at Colorado State University. A resident of Loveland, Colorado, he is also the author of Design Resources and A History of Contemporary Architecture and Design.
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Commendable,
By A Customer
This review is from: Small House Designs (Paperback)
For one thing, the book deserves recognition for pointing out that houses need not be any bigger than 1,250 sf. In 1947, the average new house in the United States was 1,000 sf -- houses like that accommodated the Baby Boom! No one needs a huge house. Anyway, this book presents a bunch of properly sized houses, some conventional, some unusual. It's fun to look at the various technical drawings and plan for your own building project. Most of the projects have reasonable building-cost estimates, too -- many under US$90,000. The authors talk about energy costs and some of the houses use modules, rammed earth and other "alternative" building techniques, but this book would be better if it covered those technologies (and others, like straw-bale construction) in greater depth.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A broad spectrum of designs,
By A Customer
This review is from: Small House Designs (Paperback)
A good book for making you think about the possibilities. Few photographs, mostly illustrations. Cost estimates for building, heating and cooling.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Out of Sync,
By A Customer
This review is from: Small House Designs (Paperback)
I believe that bigger is not necessarily better. I was hoping to find good solutions and ideas (modernist or traditional is not an issue) to help bring a bungalow into the 21st century. The main problem with the book is that it seems 15-20 years out of date. For example, the bathroom square footage and storage areas in the plans are not generous (but this is ok for vacation or second homes). In this respect, the plans in the home have a lot in common with bungalows from the 1920s! The book does not give examples of forward thinking design for the year 2000.
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