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

Broome, Jon; Richardson, Brian

ISBN 10: 1900322005 / ISBN 13: 9781900322003

Published by Chelsea Green Pub Co, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Self-Build Book: How to Enjoy Designing and Building Your Own Home
• Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1900322005
• ISBN 13: 9781900322003
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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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.

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.