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The Big Book of Small House Designs is a collection of more than 500 drawings illustrating all aspects of 75 small homes of various styles, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated steel frame to a Santa Fe ranch. Each design includes detailed floor plans, section drawings, elevations, and perspectives, as well as a description of the materials used and landscaping around the home. Keeping in mind that a chief priority for a small home is often energy efficiency, most of the plans incorporate some energy-efficient element. There are dozens of plans suitable for every environment and climate in the country. The designs are all a direct result of several international competitions ...
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The Big Book of Small House Designs is a collection of more than 500 drawings illustrating all aspects of 75 small homes of various styles, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated steel frame to a Santa Fe ranch. Each design includes detailed floor plans, section drawings, elevations, and perspectives, as well as a description of the materials used and landscaping around the home. Keeping in mind that a chief priority for a small home is often energy efficiency, most of the plans incorporate some energy-efficient element. There are dozens of plans suitable for every environment and climate in the country. The designs are all a direct result of several international competitions that solicited from architects the best homes of 1,250 square feet or less. Contact information for the architects is provided in the back of the book.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781579123659
  • Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc.
  • Publication date: 3/9/2004
  • Pages: 368
  • Product dimensions: 8.28 (w) x 8.34 (h) x 1.25 (d)

Meet the Author

Editor and professional architect Don Metz is a partner in the architectural firm of Metz and Thornton. He started his career in the energy-efficient house design business in 1972 with his award-winning Winston House. He was the consultant for the book The Underground House Book by fellow Storey author Stu Campbell. Don also wrote Superhouse and edited Storey's New Compact House Designs, and edited The Compact House Book. Metz has also written two novels, Catamount Bridge and King of the Mountain. He lives with his wife in Lyme, New Hampshire.

Owner of the architectural firm BarnOwl Designs, Catherine Tredway is an award-winning designer who has been helping clients create their dream cottages and leisure-time homes for 15 years. She teaches courses in landscape design and architectural preservation.

Kenneth R. Tremblay, Jr. is a professor at Colorado State University. He has also written the book, Social Aspects of Housing and Beyond the American Housing Dream. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Lawrence Von Bamford is a professor at Colorado State University. A resident of Loveland, Colorado, he is also the author of Design Resources and A History of Contemporary Architecture and Design.

Table of Contents

Modern Scottish Manor House 1
Solar-Efficient Saltbox 6
Friendly Neighborhood Home 11
Cottage in the Woods 16
Private Lakeside Retreat 21
Evergreen Hide-Away 26
Solar Ranch 30
Abstract Farmhouse 35
Rustic Retreat 40
Sunshine Home 45
Metaphoric Ark 50
Simple, Adaptable Two Story 55
All-Weather Rustic 60
West Coast Wood Frame 65
Modified A-Frame 70
Sheep Farm Ranch 75
Subtropical Solar Home 78
European Splendor 81
Geometric Contemporary 86
Garden Paradise 90
Sustainable Living 93
Spacious, Compact Ranch 97
Versatile Split Level 101
Family-Oriented Split Level 105
Solar, Modular Prefab 109
Underground Earth Home 112
Cozy Vermont Cabin 116
Elegant Urban Fortress 120
Zen Temple 123
Meditative Lakeside Retreat 126
Neighborhood Privacy 129
Dramatic Coastal Lookout 132
Classical Florida House 137
Cozy Woodland Home 143
"Prairie One" 147
Flexible Family Living 152
Modified Colonial Saltbox 157
Nature Lover's House 163
Underground Eden 169
Vermont Retreat 174
Storybook Cottage 177
A Taste of the Far East 182
"Bridge House" 187
Michigan Lake House 194
Ocean Views 197
Formal Ocean-Side Home 203
Midwest Modular 208
The Modified Dog-Trot 213
Elegant Hacienda 217
Solar Staircase House 221
Elegant Postmodern 224
Earth and Wood Essential 229
Ever-Efficient Home 236
"Charleston House" 242
Wisconsin Farm House 246
Adobe 252
Sophisticated Steel Frame 257
Woodsy Home/Studio 262
Energy Efficient (on a South-Sloping Site) 267
Big Little House 273
Desert Module 279
Basic Ranch 285
Live-in Sculpture 290
Vertical Space 296
Victorian Barn 303
Classic Rural Style 309
Clean and Simple Living 316
Classic Ranch 321
More Than a Cabin 326
Urban Geometry 333
Pretty and Practical 338
Modern Tudor 343
Ecology House 348
Key West Cottage 355
Desert Oasis 358
Partial List of Contacts 361
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