Bungalow Plans - Softcover

Christian Gladu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586851470 ISBN 13: 9781586851477

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 2002

Synopsis

The Arts & Crafts movement popularized more than a century ago is currently enjoying a revival--and with good reason. Finally, the "lowly" bungalow, once considered too small and style-starved, is gaining popularity as new bungalow communities crop up across the nation. With its emphasis on handcrafted beauty, quality workmanship, and respect for natural materials, today's bungalow style offers friendly streetscapes and sensible, ecologically oriented homes that work for modern families.

Bungalow Plans contains house plans that may be modest in size by today's standards, but integrate the style and timeless charm of the past with a modern point of view.

About this title

About the Author

Christian Gladi is the owner of The Bungalow Company in Bend, Orgeon. His phiosophy and plans have been feautered in Country Living, American Bungalow, Oregon Home, and on Home and Garden television. Gladu also co-authored The New Bungalow. He lives in Bend, Oregon.

From the Back Cover

Twenty-five bungalow plans from the field's top designers that . . .

Achieve the concetp of community through design

Transition a culture and lifestyle to a simpler way of life

Embrace environmental challenges

From the Inside Flap

The bungalow, popularized nearly a century ago for its simplicity, informality, and commonsense approach to life, has lain dormant in the hearts of America for fifty years. Today our yearning for the reinvention of home has revived the bungalow and the lifestyle it represents. However, simply reproducing the bungalow unchanged from its original appearance would ignore the lessons we have learned and deny how our culture has evolved.

The homes featured in this book illustrate how designers, homeowners, and builders have reinterpreted the bungalow philosophy for a new generation. The revival is in full swing, with designers and builders creating a new legacy of homes and communities that generations will cherish. Crafting a new bungalow is the synthesis of nature, family, design, and craftsmanship rolled into one swift motion, making Morris's and Stickley's philosophies of respect for the beauty of fine craftsmanship and reverence for natural materials as relevant today as they were a century ago.

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Introduction

Have you ever strolled down a beautiful tree-lined street filled with uniquely detailed homes that seem to grow from the landscape, and sensed true harmony between things man-made and natural? Have you been in a room that embraces nature and extends its living spaces to the outdoors? Have you been to a place where neighbors cannot help but share a hello or a cup of morning coffee on a gracious front porch? If so, you have experienced the bungalow.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586851470
• ISBN 13: 9781586851477
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128