| Summary: |
This book is about how to build tomorrow's house - today. How to build a house that is energy efficient, solar heated, uses every inch of space well, is designed for the people who plan to live there, is elegantly simple, and yet doesn't cost a small fortune. It is a picture book filled with Neal Ewenstein's photographs of exciting, innovative houses and their special details, both inside and out - partially buried hillside houses, small studio livingspaces, and larger one-family dwellings. And it's a workbook with floor plans, drawings, and specifications for each house. In it you'll learn how to: design efficiently and not waste space; take advantage of solar energy by attaching a solar greenhouse or designing a solar-tempered dwelling; take advantage of shortcuts for foundations, floors, and roofs; use recycled materials; build your own windows, skylights, and doors; use the earth as insulation by building into a south-facing hillside; save money on kitchen and bathroom installations and innovative designs; use post and beam construction to build a study, inexpensive frame; heat more efficiently with wood; and avoid hassles with banks and building code officials. - Back cover |
Book
