The Self-Build Book: How to Enjoy Designing and Building Your Own Home - Softcover

Broome, Jon; Richardson, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900322005 ISBN 13: 9781900322003

Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co, 1998

Synopsis

This revised and updated edition of the guide to the process of building for yourself gives both inspiration and practical information. It relates personal experiences of putting theory into practice; outlines an environmentally friendly approach to design, choice of materials and energy conservation; includes a practical guide to organizing a project which covers land, finance, permissions and professional help; and includes a detailed manual on the Segal Method of timber construction, because of its particular advantage to self-builders. Jon Broome and Brian Richardson are both architects with a great deal of self-build experience.

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About the Author

Jon Broome is an architect, who has self-built two houses. He was for many years Director of Architype, a London-based architectural practice working on housing, education, health and community buildings with specialist expertise in low energy design, timber-frame construction and sustainable building. He is co-author of The Self-Build Book and contributor to Housing & the Environment, published by the Chartered Institute of Housing. He lives in London, where he runs his own consultancy specializing in sustainable construction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1900322005
• ISBN 13: 9781900322003
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 271