How to Design a Small House: 50 things to know and 4 examples - Softcover

Holowka, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1734422319 ISBN 13: 9781734422313

Publisher: Small House Lab, 2020

Synopsis

Why do the words "little house" go straight to the heart, as Sir John Summerson observed? Clearly, something beyond economy is at work. For centuries, the idea of a minimal dwelling has captivated thinkers who saw it as closer to nature, the world's and our own. Uniquely, a small house can possess human scale and presence, immerse us in nature, intensify a feeling of sanctuary, simplify life, and free up time for living. How to Design a Small House analyzes this potential and shows how to realize it in a more fulfilling home. It proposes not a tiny house, but one less than half the average size of today's new home, scaled to our time's smaller households. Drawing on literature, the visual arts, architectural history, and evolutionary psychology, its fifty short chapters weave a coherent design approach from considerations practical to subconscious. Richly illustrated, it includes vivid 3D renderings of iconic prototypes and four original house-design examples.   

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About the Author

David Holowka is an architect with over 40 years of experience. He sees home design as architecture's most vital concern, addressing the timeless question of how to live. This view has taken him to great houses around the world in search of their lessons. The celebrated experimental architect Lebbeus Woods called him a "serious critic." His writing on the iconic Farnsworth House is extensively quoted in Alex Beam's recent book, Broken Glass: Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the Fight Over a Modernist Masterpiece.

Edition details

• Publisher: Small House Lab
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1734422319
• ISBN 13: 9781734422313
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158