Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect - Hardcover

Hirsch Jr. AIA, William J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0979882036 ISBN 13: 9780979882036

Publisher: Dalsimer Press, Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Designing Your Perfect House:Lessons from an Architect is the ideal guidebook for navigating the often mystifying process of house design and building. It's full of sage advice from a master architect about how to design the perfect house for you.Presented in twelve understandable lessons, this book moves from wonderful concepts to a finished dream home. Beginning with an exploration of the philosophy of design, the grammar of architecture, the creation of space, and discussions of how to make spaces be appropriate and gratifying for the people living in them, the lessons explore issues of scale, daylight, how to make a house feel like a home, unifying a design, flow, and proportions.This book answers questions like: How do I get started? How do I select a building site? What kind of house can I afford with my budget? How do I make my dream house just right for me?Other topics include: site analysis and selection, programming, schematic design, style, room relationships, budget, working with professionals, methods of contracting, and more.Numerous color photos and drawings illustrate the book's major points

About this title

About the Author

Registered Architect with over thirty five years of experience designing hundreds of homes in many states, including North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut and Hawaii.Past President of the Delaware Society of Architects.Member of the American Institute of Architects.NCARB certified.Holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Virginia.

From the Back Cover

This book is for people who care enough to create a house that is uniquely their own.

YOUR ARCHITECT IN A BOOK

If you've ever considered building your dream home or redesigning your current home, here is a step-by-step guidebook that will take you through the design process. Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect teaches you how to plan and create an ideal home, the methodology of the design, and how to get everything right.

LEARN HOW TO:

• Gain control of the design and building process
• Choose a perfect site for your house
• Avoid costly mistakes
• Design not just a house, but a home
• Budget in a realistic manner and control that budget
• Know the right questions to ask and what to expect

Hirsch's philosophy is that there is no such thing as the perfect house, there is only YOUR perfect house. With the right information and guidance, you can achieve that dream. The experience of home design, remodeling and construction should be controllable, gratifying and enjoyable. Designing Your Perfect House empowers you with the knowledge you need to guarantee it will be.

From the Inside Flap

Designing Your Perfect House

A series of twelve "lessons" from a master architect, this book will show you how to move from wonderful concepts to a finished dream home. It begins with an exploration of the philosophy of design, the grammar of architecture, the creation of space, and discussions of how to make spaces be appropriate and gratifying for the people living in them. Subsequent discussions address such issues as symmetry and composition, flow, light, zoning and orientation. The final sections follow the process through site analysis and selection, programming, schematic design, style, room relationships, controlling the budget, and methods of contracting for the construction. Throughout, color photos and drawings illustrate the book's major points.

If you are considering a custom home, then Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect will be an invaluable tool for helping you to think through and participate in the whole design and building process. It will ensure that your expectations are realistic and that you understand how to work with an architect to achieve your perfect home.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dalsimer Press, Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979882036
• ISBN 13: 9780979882036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240