A Little House of My Own: 47 Grand Designs for 47 Tiny Houses
Editorial Reviews Book Description The charming and innovative architecture of these tiny cottages, studios, fishing huts, homes and more--so small and cute that you can't help but fall for them--will inspire and delight home and architecture lovers and dreamers, too. Each chapter captures the utter eccentricity of these ingeniously designed shelters with irresistible color photographs of the structure and interiors alongside detailed isometric drawings, floor plans, and multiple elevations. A Little House of My Own offers humble dreams of solitude, romance, oasis for meditation and whimsy--all under 325 square feet--as well as technical details of the structure from the building materials and woodworking techniques to estimated cost of construction. In the accompanying text, award-winning architect Lester Walker relates the story of each building, the community or setting where it is located, and the personalities that shaped it. Notably quaint homes from history, including Jefferson's Honeymoon Cottage, Henry Thoreau's Cabin, and George Bernard Shaw's Writing Hut, and features on wacky specialty houses are sure to inspire and delight. From the Back Cover SIMPLE SHELTERS, COZY COTTAGS, HUMBLE HIDEAWAYS Wonderfully illustrated with hundreds of photographs and scale drawings, a little house of my own is an exploration of a unique and eccentric fascination: the tiny home. Featuring Henry David Thoreau's Cabin at Walden, the Fredericksburg Sunday House, George Bernard Shaw's rotating Writing Hut, the Cape Cod Dune Shack and many more, it's a charming collection for anyone who's ever wanted to get away from it all-and still have it all under one roof.
"Part history, part fantasy, part builder's guide, this engaging book reflects our continuing fascination with smallness and miniaturization." -WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI, author of Home A Little House of My Own: 47 Grand Designs for 47 Tiny Houses
A Little House of My Own: 47 Grand Designs for 47 Tiny Houses,Lester Walker,Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers,1579121519,Amateurs' manuals,Architecture,Architecture, Domestic,Design & Construction,Designs and plans,General,Home Improvement / Construction,House Plans,Small houses,United States,House & Home / House Plans
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