Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect

Your Architect in a Book If you've ever considered bulding your dream home or redesigning your current home, here is a step-by-step guidebook that will take you through the design process. Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect teaches you how to plan and create an ideal home, the methodology of the design, and how to get everyting right. Now, featuring a Bonus Lesson discussing Green Building, this updated Second Edition covers energy efficient design, sustainablility, recyclable building materials, reclaimed building parts, and most imprtantly, ways to design a home to naturally stay cooler in the summer and warmer in winter. Hirsch's philosophy is that there is no such thing as the perfect house; there is only YOUR perfect house. With the right information and guidancw, you can achieve that dream. The experience of home design, remodeling, and construction should be controllable, gratifying, and enjoyable. Designing Your Perfect House empowers you with the knowledge you need to guarantee it will be.