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Author : Sarah Susanka,Kira Obolensky
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 9781561583768
Provides a review of social trends and their effect on architecture and design.
Author : Sarah Susanka
Publisher : Random House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781588366122
Have you ever found yourself asking, “Is this all there is to life?” Or wondering if this bigger life you have created is actually a better life? And do you wonder how it all got so out of control? In her groundbreaking bestseller The Not So Big House, architect Sarah Susanka showed us a new way to inhabit our houses by creating homes that were better–not bigger. Now, in The Not So Big Life, Susanka takes her revolutionary philosophy to another dimension by showing us a new way to inhabit our lives. Most of us have lives that are as cluttered with unwanted obligations as our attics are cluttered with things. The bigger-is-better idea that triggered the explosion of McMansions has spilled over to give us McLives. For many of us, our ability to find the time to do what we want to do has come to a grinding halt. Now we barely have time to take a breath before making the next call on our cell phone, while at the same time messaging someone else on our Blackberry. Our schedules are chaotic and overcommitted, leaving us so stressed that we are numb, yet we wonder why we cannot fall asleep at night. In The Not So Big Life, Susanka shows us that it is possible to take our finger off the fast-forward button, and to our surprise we find how effortless and rewarding this change can be. We do not have to lead a monastic life or give up the things we love. In fact, the real joy of leading a not so big life is discovering that the life we love has been there the entire time. Through simple exercises and inspiring stories, Susanka shows us that all we need to do is make small shifts in our day–subtle movements that open our minds as if we were finally opening the windows to let in fresh air. The Not So Big Life reveals that form and function serve not only architectural aims but life goals as well. Just as we can tear down interior walls to reveal space, we can tear down our fears and assumptions to open up new possibilities. The result is that we quickly discover we have all the space and time we need for the things in our lives that really matter. But perhaps the greatest reward is the discovery that small changes can yield enormous results. In her elegant, clear style, Susanka convinces us that less truly is more–much more.
Author : Sarah Susanka
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781561586059
Offers a look at twenty-five examples of small designs to show readers what they need to know to plan the home that best fits their goals and lifestyles.
Author : Sarah Susanka,Marc Vassallo
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781561589845
Bestselling author Susanka ("The Not So Big House") teams up with architectural design writer Vassallo to expand upon the message that has resonated with over a million homeowners: opting for personalized, well-crafted, thoughtfully designed spaces over superfluous square footage results in a home that comforts and nourishes those who live there.
Author : Julie Moir Messervy,Sarah Susanka
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781600850202
... how to bring house and garden into perfect harmony.
Author : Sarah Susanka,Julie Moir Messervy,Marc Vassallo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 1561589306
Author : Ross Chapin
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781600851070
Architect and author Chapin describes existing pocket neighborhoods and co-housing communities while providing inspiration for creating new ones.
Author : Sarah Susanka
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781561586189
Ideas to empower homeowners to transform their shelters into real homes.
Author : George Howe Colt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439124918
Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt’s final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer’s ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.
Author : Don Metz,Catherine Tredway,Kenneth R. Tremblay,Lawrence Von Bamford
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-19
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781603762823
75 unique designs for attractive, efficient, environmentally friendly homes. Now available in paperback, this collection of 75 plans for small homes offers more than 500 usable blueprints and other illustrations for a variety of living spaces suitable for every environment and style, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated townhouse in the city to a Santa Fe ranch. The designs include site drawings, floor plans, elevation drawings, section drawings, perspective drawings, and exploded views. A brief introduction to each home describes its setting, the philosophy behind the design and its intended use, materials used, recommended landscaping, and more. Many of the homes come with money-saving and environmentally sound features such as solar panels and water heaters, wood stoves, ceiling fans, airlock entries, wind power alternatives, and natural gas heaters.
Author : Claire Sandy
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447276241
Holidays are about surviving the gaps between one meal and another.' For one long hot summer in Devon, three families are sharing one very big house in the country. The Herreras: made up of two tired parents, three grumbling children and one promiscuous dog; the Littles: he's loaded (despite two divorces and five kids), she's gorgeous, but maybe the equation for a truly happy marriage is a bit more complicated than that; and the Browns, who seem oddly jumpy around people, but especially each other. By the pool, new friendships blossom; at the Aga door, resentments begin to simmer. Secret crushes are formed and secret cigarettes cadged by the teens, as the adults loosen their inhibitions with litres of white wine and start to get perhaps a little too honest . . . Mother hen to all, Evie Herreras has a life-changing announcement to make, one that could rock the foundations of her family. But will someone else beat her to it?
Author : Max Jacobson,Murray Silverstein,Barbara Winslow
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architectural design
ISBN : 9781561585335
This book brings the timeless lessons of residential design to homeowners who seek inspiration and direction in the design or remodelling of their homes.
Author : Sarah Susanka
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781600851483
A collection of home improvement projects designed for resolving everyday challenges, from desigining a laundry room or breakfast nook to fixing a room that is too tall, installing a half bath, and more.
Author : Donna Kacmar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317688969
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 : Sarah Susanka
Publisher : Taunton
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 1561586137
This book provides practical designs from one of America's favourite home architects, Sarah Susanka, selected from her regular column in Taunton's 'Fine Homebuilding' magazine.