Big Book Of Small House Designs

75 unique designs for attractive, efficient, environmentally friendly homes. Now available in paperback, this collection of 75 plans for small homes offers more than 500 usable blueprints and other illustrations for a variety of living spaces suitable for every environment and style, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated townhouse in the city to a Santa Fe ranch. The designs include site drawings, floor plans, elevation drawings, section drawings, perspective drawings, and exploded views. A brief introduction to each home describes its setting, the philosophy behind the design and its intended use, materials used, recommended landscaping, and more. Many of the homes come with money-saving and environmentally sound features such as solar panels and water heaters, wood stoves, ceiling fans, airlock entries, wind power alternatives, and natural gas heaters.

Presents floor plans, section drawings, elevations, and perspectives for seventy-five small houses of various styles, most of which incorporate some energy-saving feature, selected from several competitions among architects and designers.

Select from a catalog of more than 360 expertly prepared plans for building small homes under 1,200 square feet. Easy-to-follow construction blueprints and materials lists are available for each project to ensure success.

Whether you're looking to build a cabin, cottage, small home, or tiny house, you're sure to find the ideal small home with the features that will fit your lifestyle inside The Big Book of Small Home Plans, 2nd Edition. Select from more than 360 plans – including 140 new plans – prepared by expert architects and designers, for building a variety of small homes under 1,200 square feet. Easy-to-follow construction blueprints are available to purchase for each project, both in print and digital formats. The Big Book of Small Home Plans is also packed with advice and useful tips on small home organization, decorating, and storage. Start your search right now for the perfect small home! Newly updated edition also features revisions to existing plans, as well as new photography for newly added plans.

Provides a review of social trends and their effect on architecture and design.

Small and Tiny House Plans Design Book - Small home plans + granny flat plans in Metric and Feet and Inches Includes: - Small & Tiny House Plans- Stunning Designs- 2 Bedroom Designs- Modern and Country Designs- Australian Designs- Plans for all types of land- Stunning affordable Home Designs- Designs from leading designers

56 floor plans and elevations of houses that originally cost less than $15,000 to build. Recommended by financial institutions of the era, they range from Colonials to Cape Cods.