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Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book is a compilation of articles from the magazine and is the second volume to be published focusing on great small houses. There are 31 different projects of various styles and locations. The articles are often written by the owner / designer and are quite thorough. Many include presentation style: sections, details, and floor plans.
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Language
English
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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...
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Language
English
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Tiny House, Large Lifestyle! Tiny homes are popping up across America, captivating people with their novel approach not only to housing, but to life. Once considered little more than a charming oddity, the tiny house movement continues to gain momentum among those who thirst for a simpler, "greener," more meaningful life in the face of society's "more is better" mindset. This book explores the philosophies behind the tiny house lifestyle, helps you...
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
362 p. : ill. ; 21 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Big Book of Small House Designs is a collection of more than 500 drawings illustrating all aspects of 75 small homes of various styles, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated steel frame to a Santa Fe ranch. Each design includes detailed floor plans, section drawings, elevations, and perspectives, as well as a description of the materials used and landscaping around the home. Keeping in mind that a chief priority for a small home is often...
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Publisher
Ryland Peters & Small
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
143 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
As real estate costs go ever higher, many of us are living in smaller spaces than we would like. In Small Spaces, interiors author Rebecca Tanqueray presents a wide variety of solutions to make even a studio apartment feel more spacious and comfortable. Many spaces can be expanded visually through color or lighting, in others, Tanqueray explores the organization of space, storage and the use of multi-functional furniture. The inspirational spaces...
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Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
210 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Best-selling author of The Not So Big House Sarah Susanka teams up with architectural design writer Marc Vassallo to expand upon the message that has resonated with over a million homeowners and builders across the country: opting for personalized, well-crafted, thoughtfully designed spaces over superfluous square footage results in a home that comforts and nourishes those who live there. Susanka and Vassallo focus their lens on the tangible and sometimes...
11) My tiny pet
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Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
After moving to a tiny house, a little girl is forbidden to get a pet until she introduces her parents to microscopic tardigrades, also called water bears.
Author
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
199 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Simpler lifestyles, higher quality leisure time with family and friends - these and other trends in society lay the foundation for this important, thought-provoking design and architecture book. In it, Sarah Susanka, LIFE Magazine's Architect of the Year, offers thoughtful guidelines for designing homes that more accurately reflect our lifestyles and personalities. The Not So Big House proposes clear, workable guidelines for creating modern homes...
Publisher
Hanley Wood
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
384 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A reader-friendly resource is perfect for first-time buyers and small families looking for a starter home, this title will inspire and prepare readers to take the initial steps toward homeownership.
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Publisher
Monacelli Press
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
238 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plans ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Simplicity, modesty, and skillful design are the principles that have guided James Gauer both in his architectural practice and in the selection of the seventeen outstanding projects in this unique collection of small homes by architects around the country. A wide range of housing types and settings—from a diminutive New York City apartment to a farmhouse in Pennsylvania, a cottage in Santa Monica, and a single-family home in Nashville—illustrates...
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Publisher
Harper Design International
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
183 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following up on the successful book 25 Houses under 2500 Square Feet, this title will continue to explore, though case studies, the joys of living in compact, well designed homes. The 25 houses presented in the book offer an extraordinary range of architectural solutions for designing functional yet exciting, dramatic living spaces within a small envelope. The houses will range in size from a few hundred square feet up to 1500 square feet of heated...
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Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
America's most famous architect was obsessed with small houses. Even though this exciting aspect of his work has been long overlooked, the truth is that Frank Lloyd Wright spent most of his career addressing the problems of houses intended for individuals or small families of modest means. In the only book on the master architect to focus on "the house of moderate cost," Wright expert Diane Maddex takes the reader inside a selection of his small houses...
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Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
217 p. : col. ill., plans ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Though the median size of a new single-family house is back on the rise -- after a brief decline during the 2007-2009 U.S. recession -- many are now choosing to live small deliberately. They're building smaller, more environmentally and economically friendly homes. The New Small House presents small-house design strategies as well as whole-house case studies from across the U.S. and Canada for homeowners eager to simplify, and remodelers, builders,...
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Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
303 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Part how-to, part personal memoir, The Big Tiny is an utterly seductive meditation on the benefits of slowing down, scaling back, and appreciating the truly important things in life. More than ten years ago, a near-death experience abruptly reminded sustainability advocate and pioneer Dee Williams that life is short. So, she sold her sprawling home and built an eighty-four-square-foot house — on her own, from the ground up. Today, Williams can list...
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Publisher
Shelter Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
ix, 211 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Tiny Homes on the Move chronicles 21st-century nomads — people who inhabit homes that are compact and mobile, either on wheels or in the water. In photos and stories, this fascinating book explores modern travelers who live in vans, pickup trucks, buses, trailers, sailboats, and houseboats that combine the comforts of home with the convenience of being able to pick up and go at any time. With over 1,000 color photos accompanying the stories and...
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