The Perfect $100,000 House: A Trip Across America and Back in Pursuit of a Place to Call Home - Softcover

Jacobs, Karrie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014311204X ISBN 13: 9780143112044

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2007

Synopsis

An architecture and design critic's coast-to-coast search for an ideal American home that is both aesthetically pleasing and affordable cites the challenges facing prospective homeowners today, describing the authors' meetings with architects and builders who are revolutionizing the ways people think about homes, construction techniques, and community. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Karri e Jacobs has served as architecture critic for New York magazine. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, and she now writes a monthly column for Metropolis and is a regular contributor to Travel and Leisure.

Review:

Beautifully written, poetic, and inspiring. -- John Thackara, director of Doors of Perception

Engaging and informative . . . its combination of road trip and ongoing philosophical tract reminded me of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. -- Leonard Koren, author of Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers

Jacobs’s story of her coast-to-coast search for the American Dream—a great, cheap house—is smart, fascinating, and fun. -- Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 014311204X
• ISBN 13: 9780143112044
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304