Housing and Interior Design

Housing and Interior Design is the perfect choice for introducing students to the fascinating world of housing and interior design. With a striking design and beautiful illustrations, this teaching package helps students examine housing needs and choices, the basic principles of interior design and design presentation, and opportunities in a wide range of housing and interior design careers. In addition, the text:
• Examines historical, cultural, and technological influences on housing and interiors.
• Addresses architectural styles and housing types along with universal design for all people.
• Introduces the elements and principles of design and their indoor and outdoor applications. Also presents the phases of the design process.
• Highlights green and sustainable design and ecological issues in the Green Choices features.
• Profiles numerous housing and interior design careers in the Career Focus features.
• Includes a wealth of chapter review materials that help students apply text concepts, including Think Critically, Community Links, Academic Connections, Technology Applications, Design Practice, and FCCLA.

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Housing and Interior Design

Housing and Interior Design is the perfect choice for introducing students to the fascinating world of housing and interior design. With a striking design and beautiful illustrations, this teaching package helps students examine housing needs and choices, the basic principles of interior design and design presentation, and opportunities in a wide range of housing and interior design careers. In addition, the text:
• Examines historical, cultural, and technological influences on housing and interiors.
• Addresses architectural styles and housing types along with universal design for all people.
• Introduces the elements and principles of design and their indoor and outdoor applications. Also presents the phases of the design process.
• Highlights green and sustainable design and ecological issues in the Green Choices features.
• Profiles numerous housing and interior design careers in the Career Focus features.
• Includes a wealth of chapter review materials that help students apply text concepts, including Think Critically, Community Links, Academic Connections, Technology Applications, Design Practice, and FCCLA.

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Housing and Interior Design

Housing and Interior Design

Housing and Interior Design

Housing and Interior Design

Hardcover(Tenth Edition, Text)

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Housing and Interior Design is the perfect choice for introducing students to the fascinating world of housing and interior design. With a striking design and beautiful illustrations, this teaching package helps students examine housing needs and choices, the basic principles of interior design and design presentation, and opportunities in a wide range of housing and interior design careers. In addition, the text:
• Examines historical, cultural, and technological influences on housing and interiors.
• Addresses architectural styles and housing types along with universal design for all people.
• Introduces the elements and principles of design and their indoor and outdoor applications. Also presents the phases of the design process.
• Highlights green and sustainable design and ecological issues in the Green Choices features.
• Profiles numerous housing and interior design careers in the Career Focus features.
• Includes a wealth of chapter review materials that help students apply text concepts, including Think Critically, Community Links, Academic Connections, Technology Applications, Design Practice, and FCCLA.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781605253374
Publisher: Goodheart-Willcox Publisher
Publication date: 02/23/2011
Edition description: Tenth Edition, Text
Pages: 768
Product dimensions: 8.80(w) x 11.10(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range: 14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Dr. Evelyn L. Lewis, Flagstaff, Arizona. Professor Emerita, taught 37 years in primary, secondary, and higher education. She developed curricula for the Arizona Department of Education and prepared training programs for Coconino County career education. Lewis also served Flagstaff’s Habitat for Humanity as a volunteer.

Dr. Carolyn Turner Smith is Professor Emerita, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro. She also served as Adjunct Professor in Interior Design at High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, where she taught a global issues course in international housing. Dr. Smith has taught housing and resource management at the college level, particularly for preparing students to teach courses in high school housing and interior design. Additionally, she has conducted research on housing for populations with special needs, residential energy efficiency, and renewable energy applications. Smith served on the board of directors as a national officer for the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). She is past president of the North Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and the national Housing Education and Research Association. Dr. Smith has served on the States Energy Advisory Board for the U. S. Department of Energy and on the Executive Advisory Board for the U. S. Department of Homeland Security. She serves on housing boards at the local, state, and national levels.

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