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Designing a Place Called Home
James W. Wentling
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Description for Designing a Place Called Home
Hardback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 198 colour illustrations, 300 black & white tables, biogr. BIC Classification: AMK; TNK; TNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
This insightful volume shares design ideas to help builders, planners and architects create mass-produced affordable housing that pushes suburban development in more sustainable, liveable directions. The author argues that improving the quality of design in our new homes and communities for greater resiliency, sustainability, and equality, we can build neighborhoods and communities where residents feel more connected t their homes and to one another. Through text, photographs and illustrations, the book reviews prototypical American housing design, then suggest ways to both learn from the past as well as adapt for new environmental imperatives, demographic changes and lifestyle needs. Written by ... Read more
This insightful volume shares design ideas to help builders, planners and architects create mass-produced affordable housing that pushes suburban development in more sustainable, liveable directions. The author argues that improving the quality of design in our new homes and communities for greater resiliency, sustainability, and equality, we can build neighborhoods and communities where residents feel more connected t their homes and to one another. Through text, photographs and illustrations, the book reviews prototypical American housing design, then suggest ways to both learn from the past as well as adapt for new environmental imperatives, demographic changes and lifestyle needs. Written by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319479156
SKU
V9783319479156
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About James W. Wentling
James W. Wentling, FAIA is a practicing architect specializing in residential design. His firm is based in Philadelphia and works with clients throughout the United States. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he has served as chair of the AIA Housing Committee as well as a vice president of a residential ... Read more
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