Little Houses

Author : Derek “Deek” Diedricksen
Publisher : Storey Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781612128764

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Micro Living by Derek “Deek” Diedricksen Pdf

For everyone who’s ever dreamed of simplifying their life and downsizing their home, Micro Living offers an insider’s look at what tiny house living is really like. Best-selling author and tiny house enthusiast Derek “Deek” Diedricksen profiles 40 tiny — but practical — houses that are equipped for full-time living, all in 400 square feet or less. Detailed photography and a floor plan for each structure highlight inventive space-saving design features along with the nuts-and-bolts details of heating, cooling, electric, and plumbing systems. The real-life stories of residents impart the pleasures, as well as the challenges, of day-to-day living. With tips on what to consider before you build, along with framing plans for a prototype small cabin, Micro Living is the perfect starter handbook for both dreamers and doers.

Author : Mimi Zeiger
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-24
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780847832033

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Tiny Houses by Mimi Zeiger Pdf

With “McMansions” increasingly giving way to “tiny” houses, the desire to downsize and be more ecologically and economically prudent is a concept many are beginning to embrace. Focusing on dwelling spaces all under 1,000 square feet, TINY HOUSES (Rizzoli, April 2009) by Mimi Zeiger aims to challenge readers to take a look at their own homes and consider how much space they actively use. Ranging from tree houses to floating houses, TINY HOUSES features an international collection of over thirty modular and prefab homes, each one embodying “microgreen living”, defined as the creation of tiny homes where people challenge themselves to live “greener” lives. By using a thoughtful application of green living principles, renewable resources for construction, and clever ingenuity, these homes exemplify sustainable living at its best.

Author : Lloyd Kahn
Publisher : Shelter Publications, Inc.
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 0936070528

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Tiny Homes by Lloyd Kahn Pdf

More than 1,000 photos, along with stories and interviews follow the "tiny house" movement which is currently going on among people who have chosen to scale back in the 21st century. Original.

Author : BRYCE. LANGSTON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1988550580

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LIVING BIG IN A TINY HOUSE. by BRYCE. LANGSTON Pdf

Author : Donna Kacmar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317688969

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BIG little house by Donna Kacmar Pdf

What are the challenges architects face when designing dwelling spaces of a limited size? And what can these projects tell us about architecture – and architectural principles – in general? In BIG little house, award-winning architect Donna Kacmar introduces twenty real-life examples of small houses. Each project is under 1,000 square feet (100 square meters) in size and, brought together, the designs reveal an attitude towards materiality, light, enclosure and accommodation which is unique to minimal dwellings. While part of a trend to address growing concerns about minimising consumption and lack of affordable housing, the book demonstrates that small dwellings are not always simply the result of budget constraints but constitute a deliberate design strategy in their own right. Highly illustrated and in full-colour throughout, each example is based on interviews with the original architect and accompanied by detailed floor plans. This ground-breaking, beautifully designed text offers practical guidance to any professional architect or homeowner interested in small scale projects.

Author : Nancy McCabe
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826273376

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From Little Houses to Little Women by Nancy McCabe Pdf

A typical travel book takes readers along on a trip with the author, but a great travel book does much more than that, inviting readers along on a mental and spiritual journey as well. This distinction is what separates Nancy McCabe’s From Little Houses to Little Women from the typical and allows it to take its place not only as a great travel book but also as a memoir about the children’s books that have shaped all of our imaginations. McCabe, who grew up in Kansas just a few hours from the Ingalls family’s home in Little House on the Prairie, always felt a deep connection with Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House series. McCabe read Little House on the Prairie during her childhood and visited Wilder sites around the Midwest with her aunt when she was thirteen. But then she didn’t read the series again until she decided to revisit in adulthood the books that had so influenced her childhood. It was this decision that ultimately sparked her desire to visit the places that inspired many of her childhood favorites, taking her on a journey that included stops in the Missouri of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the Minnesota of Maud Hart Lovelace, the Massachusetts of Louisa May Alcott, and even the Canada of Lucy Maud Montgomery. From Little Houses to Little Women reveals McCabe’s powerful connection to the characters and authors who inspired many generations of readers. Traveling with McCabe as she rediscovers the books that shaped her and ultimately helped her to forge her own path, readers will enjoy revisiting their own childhood favorites as well.

Author : Thomas C. Hubka
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1584653728

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Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn by Thomas C. Hubka Pdf

The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic architectural study of the development of the connected farm buildings made by 19th-century New Englanders, which offers insight into the people who made them.

Author : Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459821200

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Tiny House, Big Fix by Gail Anderson-Dargatz Pdf

Sadie works as a framer, building houses. She lost her own home in a recent divorce and now lives with her two daughters in a rented bungalow. When her landlady says she needs to move out, Sadie finds there's a housing crisis in her community. She can't find a place to live and is forced to move her family into a travel trailer at a local campsite. When her ex-husband finds out, he insists that the girls come live with him in another city. Desperate to keep her daughters with her in their home community, Sadie is forced to rethink her dream of living in a full-sized house. In the short term, she moves her girls into a co-worker's apartment. Then, with the help of her friends and daughters, she builds a tiny house. In the process she finds living with less has its rewards and that living in a small space brings her family closer together.

Author : Ryan Mitchell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781440592126

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Tiny Houses Built with Recycled Materials by Ryan Mitchell Pdf

Join the tiny house trend! The tiny house movement is a big trend with a very small footprint. Extremely small house, with less than 1,000 square feet of space, are environmentally friendly, less expensive than typical homes, and often movable. Tiny Houses Built with Recycled Materials is full of ideas for using reclaimed materials and upcycled goods to construct a tiny house that is good for the earth and truly unique. Ryan Mitchell, author of The Tiny Life blog, shows you how to repurpose everyday items to create your new home, including shipping containers, salvaged barn wood, and reclaimed shingles. Featuring profiles on tiny house owners with photographs and floor plans of the homes, ideas on where to find materials, and what to look for and avoid when selecting reclaimed materials, Tiny Houses Built with Recycled Materials is a unique book perfect for your biggest DIY project yet!

Author : Sarah Susanka,Kira Obolensky
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 9781561583768

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The Not So Big House by Sarah Susanka,Kira Obolensky Pdf

Provides a review of social trends and their effect on architecture and design.

Author : David Stiles,Jeanie Stiles
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781440345463

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Building Small by David Stiles,Jeanie Stiles Pdf

Live large by building small! Do you daydream about downsizing your living space? Or perhaps you long for a more eco-friendly and sustainable way of life. The tiny house movement continues to gain popularity as more and more people look to simplify their lives and reconnect with nature. Building Small is your key to joining the tiny house revolution with designs for homes as well as a range of backyard buildings including workspaces and sheds. There's tons of practical how-to construction advice including best practices, common pitfalls and tips for the do-it-yourself carpenter. Within these pages you'll find: • Complete plans for seven tiny houses • Strategies for outfitting your tiny house with lighting, water, heating and waste removal • Ideas for floor layout and interior design • Success stories and inspirational photos of tiny homes Whether you're considering a timber-framed cottage or a modular cube-style home, Building Small offers a wide range of approaches for planning and building your small structure.

Author : Mimi Zeiger
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780847848225

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Tiny Houses in the City by Mimi Zeiger Pdf

A presentation of micro-scaled contemporary residences that demonstrate domesticity can be both compact and beautiful. How we live in cities—smaller, denser, smarter—is at the heart of Tiny Houses in the City. Urban areas across the globe are experiencing a renaissance, with once-forgotten downtowns and neighborhoods becoming increasingly popular for redevelopment. This book looks at the tiny house movement through the lens of metropolitan life. Tiny Houses in the City features an international collection of more than thirty homes that exemplify compact living at its best. The houses, apartments, and multifamily buildings and developments included make great architecture out of challenging locations and narrow sites. Focusing on dwelling spaces all under 1,000 square feet, Tiny Houses in the City illustrates strategies for building tiny in urban areas that include urban infill, adaptive reuse, transforming and flexible living spaces, and micro-unit buildings. The projects range from a 344-square-foot studio apartment in Hong Kong with movable walls, transformable furniture, and hidden storage that can be configured into twenty-four unique scenarios in a single space, to a townhouse-like London residence built in an old alley between two stately homes. Many of the residences chronicled in Tiny Houses in the City are indeed unique in design, but their economical size and ingenious interior spaces are the epitome of practicality and illustrate an acute understanding of compact living and its potential for the urban realm.

Author : Ernest Flagg
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780486136028

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Flagg's Small Houses by Ernest Flagg Pdf

A celebrated New York architect and designer of the city's fabled Singer Building, Ernest Flagg (1857-1947) was most famous for his skyscrapers. But Flagg was also an ardent proponent of the well-designed single-family dwelling. As this classic treatise illustrates, he devised a variety of structural economies and ingenious innovations. Filled with 526 blueprints, photographs, and other illustrations, Flagg's Small Houses embraces modular designs, the use of ridge-dormers, and saving space, materials, and costs. Flagg offers advice on every corner of the home, from the practicalities of plumbing and heating to the aesthetics of color choices and landscaping designs. Modern designers, both professional and amateur, will find this book a timeless source of advice and inspiration.

Author : Derek Diedricksen
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781612123547

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Microshelters by Derek Diedricksen Pdf

If you dream of living in a tiny house, or creating a getaway in the backwoods or your backyard, you’ll love this gorgeous collection of creative and inspiring ideas for tiny houses, cabins, forts, studios, and other microshelters. Created by a wide array of builders and designers around the United States and beyond, these 59 unique and innovative structures show you the limits of what is possible. Each is displayed in full-color photographs accompanied by commentary by the author. In addition, Diedricksen includes six sets of building plans by leading designers to help you get started on a microshelter of your own. You’ll also find guidelines on building with recycled and salvaged materials, plus techniques for making your small space comfortable and easy to inhabit.

Author : Rob Keil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128068736

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Little Boxes by Rob Keil Pdf

A fascinating visual journey through the Westlake District of Daly City, California, one of America's first and most iconic major postwar suburbs.