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Nano House: Innovations for Small Dwellings Hardcover – October 17, 2011

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Forty examples of advanced, ingenious, and responsible homes―each with fewer than 650 square feet of living space.

Space is at a premium in growing cities. In the countryside, we want to preserve nature and the landscape. In impoverished parts of the world, the necessity for sustainable and economical shelter is stronger than ever. Lifestyles and daily routines are also changing. We live in an interconnected world in which digital communication, information, and entertainment are pervasive. Yet basic human needs remain constant: a roof over our heads and somewhere to cook, eat, and sleep. Increasingly, we look for ways to occupy our habitats more ecologically, flexibly, and efficiently.

Digital design tools, sustainable materials, and new prefabrication technologies have led to an explosion in innovative ideas for designing domestic spaces, particularly those in tight surroundings. All the homes in Nano House are drawn from a broad array of climatic and environmental contexts, building methods, and spatial innovations.

This lively book is the perfect resource and inspiration for designers, architects, builders―for anyone looking to maximize living space with minimal environmental impact. 250 full-color and 50 black-and-white illustrations

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224 pages
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Thames & Hudson
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October 17, 2011
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7.7 x 1.1 x 8.1 inches
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0500342733
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978-0500342732
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Phyllis Richardson is an architecture and design writer who has published numerous books, including Real Homes and Nano House.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thames & Hudson; First Edition (October 17, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0500342733
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0500342732
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.92 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.7 x 1.1 x 8.1 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,433,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #473 in Small Homes & Cottages
- #1,317 in Residential Architecture
- #116,163 in Reference (Books)

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Phyllis Richardson grew up in Southern California, and moved to London in 1992. She studied English literature at the University of California, Los Angeles, and University College, London. She has written on architecture and literature for The Guardian, UK, The Financial Times and the Journal for the Royal Institute of British Architects. She is the co-ordinator of the Foundation Year in English Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.

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andrew jones

Decent desk book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 26, 2022

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Not much on how to build them. More of a fancy picture book

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ftmseahorse

one for my tiny house collection

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 17, 2016

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as a book with lots of photos inside and out of each house with enough info on how they were made and all, i really liked it a lot. though several ideas or designs were pretty weird concepts to imagine people living in them, like one that had a ladder on this A frame style roof and people climbed in a 2nd story window instead of just walking in a door, the house was already floating on water and that's how you want people to access it? or the homes that were big enough inside to sleep or sit somewhere and literally nothing else, most were modern houses that made me look more into prefab concrete homes with huge windows or some parts made with wood. stuff like that. if you're into architecture, home design or tiny or minimum houses definitely check it out.

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A. Arrick

Great content!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 13, 2012

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I bought this book for my father as a Christmas gift. He's an amateur architect and loves the nano house movement. The pictures and articles in the book are fantastic and definitely give great ideas on how to live in a small space.

However, the book itself is small but thick, and the size of the pictures is a little underwhelming. I was expecting a 12"x12" or bigger coffee table book, but the actual dimensions are about 8x8" which doesn't lend itself to big photos. The thickness of the book makes it hard to lie down on the table, and keeping it open without breaking the spine is a struggle.

Pros:

Love the houses
Articles are full of good insight

Cons:

The format is too small

22 people found this helpful

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AJacques

Pint Sized Coffee Book with beautiful text & photos

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 1, 2012

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As a fan of design and architecture I think this book does a superb job of demonstrating a beautiful marriage between land and structure and how attuned architects are creating ultra-effecient structures designed to conserve the environment and enhance the lives of their inhabitance. Part of my fascination with the book is my curiosity of how the architects profiled in the book through their homes do a fantastic job of making tiny spaces appear and function as a space much larger than then one would believe based on the square footage footprint alone. All in all, this book has beautiful detailed photos and well thought out text profiling each of the homes from the conception to to realization.

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Philip Giles

Well chosen Topic.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 22, 2021

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Approiate choice of material given the current housing crisis, this well appointed little volume is a hint at offering some solutions.

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Windham M. Graves

Now i just want to build stuff.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 13, 2012

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great book, lots of project ideas and little tweaks to add to your thoughts on how to live small. Only complaint is some of the images and descriptions left a lot to be desired. The images were all wonderful, just not as informative as some would like.

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Dr. James Berryhill

Not your "little house on the plains" that the cover implies...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 13, 2013

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The graphic artist that created the cover did a great job, the book itself is well worth the price for the contacts alone. Again the presentation is beautiful but there is solid information here as well.

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Michael Bruchas

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 21, 2017

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Like small house ideas - as typical in these books, few are practical for the USA unless you are rich OR a talented carpenter.

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One Tech Traveller

Inspiration, great quality book and informative.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 9, 2016

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Lovely book with many inspirational designs across the world with great images and descriptions to understand the design language and story. Really enjoy looking at it and provides knowledge if you're ever thinking to build you're own home one day