Essence Of Home

by Elise Geiger

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Meet the challenges and opportunities of home design with spectacular successDesigning and building a unique, functional, and beautiful home can be a monumental challenge. Whether building from scratch, remodeling, or simply compiling a "wish list" for future reference, every homeowner will gain an incisive and expert understanding of home design from this inspirational sourcebook.Innovative ideas, advice, and resources from today's leading architects and designers, and stunning, full-color photos demystify the design and building processes.With dozens of working strategies, The Essence of Home illustrates how the seven elements of home design are applied by examining different houses by today's most renowned architects, including Cesar Pelli, Tom Issing, Peter Gluck, Richard Gluckman, Peter Marino and others. The seven elements of design include:1. Design Origins: Choosing the site, selecting the architect and designer, communicating ideas, visualizing design, and determining budget2. Site and Scale: How the home relates to its surroundings with respect to views, natural light, wind direction, and privacy3. Language and Style: A vocabulary for communicating with architects and designers (for example, "French provincial," "light and airy," "modern," etc.)4. Openings and Light: Doors, windows, natural and artificial light, materials for maintaining privacy and insulation, etc.5. Spheres of Living: Design based on daily functions and rituals such as eating and cooking, sleeping and privacy, and gathering and entertaining6. Flow of Space: The layout of rooms, how rooms relate and transition into one another via doors, hallways, walls and partitions, and stairs7. Sustainability: Air quality, ventilation, energy, conservation, and safe materialsThe book features:* Inspirational ideas, advice, and resources from leading architects and designers.* 200+ full-color photos and illustrations* Working strategies for how to emplo

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ISBN:: 9780071422475
Category:: Disability
Format:: Hardback
Publication Date:: 2006-01-29
Series:: Home & Garden S.
Publisher:: McGraw-Hill Professional Publi
Illustrations:: 200 illus
Country of origin:: USA
Pages:: 192
Pagination:: 192 pages, 200 illus
Dimensions (mm):: 254 x 216

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