25 Houses Under 2,500 Square Feet (Paperback)

by James Grayson Trulove (Author)

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Product Description

25 Houses Under 2,500 Square Feet discusses carefully defined spaces and how space can be used most effectively. The 25 recently-constructed homes featured are 2,500 feet and under with some as small as 640 square feet. An exciting collection -- a charming one square foot in size -- presents dream houses any person can relate to, as well as innovative and exciting designs sure to inspire and amaze.

About the Author
James Grayson Trulove has written, edited, and published over forty books on architecture, landscape architecture, graphic design, and art. Recent books include Hot Dirt Cool Straw, Private Towers, Tropical Modernism, and The Smart House. Trulove is a recipient of the Loeb Fellowship from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He resides in Washington, D.C. and New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Collins Design (March 4, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006008944X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060089443
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #484,474 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very complete, eclectic assortment of books, September 11, 2003

By A Customer

This is a fantastic book. The houses shown are, as another reviewer noted, largely vacational homes, but one can still appreciate the way in which they create a modern coziness that hints at previous American architecture styles. A great bonus in this book is the inclusion of floorplans, artist's conceptions, some computer models, et cetera, that show the houses in the planning stages. The photos capture both the exterior and interior of each house in beautiful, full-color pictures. I fully recommend this book to others who, like myself, enjoy dreaming of owning such homes.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars wish i read more of the reviews, October 27, 2004

By	J. Reed (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book is lovely, but not at all what I was hoping for, which was inspiration for a building a small home. All these homes seem like no one lives in them...big empty rooms with hardly and furnishings. I was also hoping for ideas for using space more effectively but I don't think this was the book for that. I agree with the other review that this book was all about vacation homes.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant to dream with...., October 10, 2004

By	Patrick J. Atkinson (Bismarck, ND United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Part of the work we do with GOD'S CHILD Project (www.GodsChild.org) volunteers around the world is we build houses, clinics and community centers for the poor and the homeless. Quite often these constructions go up in very confined spaces or on tiny plots of land where we don't have the option of building "bigger".

While 25 Houses Under 2,500 Square Feet is designed to show some very beautiful houses, it has also been a great for ideas on how we can better use curves, light shafts, stairwells and room divisions / shelves / closet space / kitchen areas. In other words, this book has been an invaluable resource for the general concepts on minimal space usage - building beautifully, practically and in a dignified manner within limited physical dimensions.

This book is currently on my nightstand and several times a week I flip through its pages once again to find an idea to help me best utilize an angle, corner, room, or triangular cut-away. This book isn't just for those who are building beautifully small, but also for those who want to see their small buildings be beautiful.