Drafting House Plans


Book Description

A natural outgrowth of Curran's earlier book, "Drawing house plans," containing much of the same basic information, but also teaching you how to draw foundation plans, roof plans, sections, and details.




Southern Living House Plans


Book Description

The editors of Southern Living Magazine presents House Plans.




The Grammar of House Planning


Book Description

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. Hints on arranging and modifying plans of cottages, street houses, farm houses, villas, mansions, and out-buildings.




Sater Design


Book Description

Experience the craft of Dan Sater, a true master of residential home design, as you turn the pages of this stunningly beautiful book. Here you will find 32 of Dan's finest and largest luxury estate homes?most never before published?from authentically detailed and richly appointed Tuscan and Spanish masterpieces to breezy, refreshing Florida-style seaside treasures. Read a candid introduction of each project from Dan and then go on a breathtaking pictorial and narrative tour of each home. See a birds-eye view of the property on the colorful site plan and ?walk through? the house using the detailed floor plan. Glimpse some of Dan's most creative past and future projects in the ?Concepts? chapter and consult the ?Resource List? at the back for valuable information on builders, landscapers, pool contractors, interior designers, lighting engineers and photographers who have been part of the ?Sater Team.? For those who are designing, building, furnishing or just dreaming about a state-of-the-art luxury home, this inspiring book will be a fantastic wish come true. Take advantage of the rare opportunity to peek over the shoulder of one of America's acclaimed residential designers and enter some of the most enchanting and stimulating homes ever built!













Adding to a House


Book Description

Applies a systematic architectural approach that covers every aspect of adding space to houses, from researching the preliminaries through hammering the last nail into place, and furnishes phototgraphs that demonstrate key concepts




The New Autonomous House


Book Description

"I've seen many books on this subject, but none so well documented and honest."—Whole Earth




The Place of Houses


Book Description

Originally published: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1974.