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Prefab home construction has arrived. The benefits of buildings a prefab home (they are better built, use resources more efficiently, and are healthier to live in) apply just as well to vacation homes as they do to primary residences. Prefabulous Small Houses explores the beauty, variety, design, and environmentally positive benefits of prefab construction through the wide variety of prefabrication methods in use today and with prefabulous examples...
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Award-winning architect and winner of "House Beautiful's" annual competition of Best Small House contest, Walker masterfully shows laymen how to design the house that fits their particular needs, relates to their site and budget, and reflects their values and personality.
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Includes architectural drawings, photographs, floor plans and essays from Gustav Stickley's magazine "The Craftsman", a leading proponent of the simplicity and organic harmony of the Craftsman style, the most popular style for smaller homes in the country in the early 20th century.
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"In this new collection of small houses from Fine Homebuilding magazine, the authors look at houses both new and remodeled, traditional and modern, urban and rural, by the water and in the mountains. The houses exude as much style as homes many times their square footage, and all are as big as they need to be to fit the lifestyles and aspirations of the people who live in them"--
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Select from 730 of the most popular home plans from the country s top architects and designers, with full color photos of the actual homes, floor plans, and design ideas. Virtually every home style is offered, including farmhouses, country cottages, contemporaries, luxury estates, vacation retreats, and regional specialties. Once you have selected your dream home, you can obtain easily customizable construction blueprints, cost estimates, materials...