Designing Your Perfect House Lessons from an Architect

by Hirsch Jr. AIA, William J.

• ISBN13: 9780979882036
• ISBN10: 0979882036
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: Dalsimer Press, Inc.

Summary

Designing Your Perfect House is the ideal guidebook for navigating the often mystifying process of house design and building. It's full of sage advice from a master architect about how to design the perfect house for you.Presented in twelve understandable "lessons," this book moves from wonderful concepts to a finished dream home. Beginning with an exploration of the philosophy of design, the grammar of architecture, the creation of space, and discussions of how to make spaces be appropriate and gratifying for the people living in them, the "lessons" explore issues of scale, daylight, how to make a house feel like a home, unifying a design, flow, and proportions.This book answers questions like: How do I get started? How do I select a building site? What kind of house can I afford with my budget? How do I make my dream house just right for me?Other topics include: site analysis and selection, programming, schematic design, style, room relationships, budget, working with professionals, methods of contracting, and more.Numerous color photos and drawings illustrate the book's major points

Author Biography

William J Hirsch, Jr AIA, NCARB is a registered Architect with over forty years of experience.  He has extensive experience in custom residential design as well as in the deisgn of commercial, office, religious, recreational and industrial buildings.  He has designed homes throughout the United States, including Hawaii, and has designed or consulted on homes in Europe and Asia as well.  He is a member of the American Institure of Architecture and he past president of the Delaware Society of Architects.  He received his masters degree from the University of Virginia.  Hirsch believes Rresidential Design is a very personal and emotional process that has to express the personality and needs of rhe owner, not the architect. He currently lives in North Carolina with his wife, Maureen.