The adaptable house : designing homes for change / Avi Friedman.

Main entry:

Friedman, Avi, 1952-

Title & Author:

The adaptable house : designing homes for change / Avi Friedman.

Publication:

Description:

xiii, 271 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: What is adaptability? -- Chapter 2: Roots and evolution -- Chapter 3: Constructing for change -- Chapter 4: Volume, envelope, and systems -- Chapter 5: Interior space and utilities -- Chapter 6: Projects -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Project credits -- Index -- About the author.

Summary:

"America's rapidly changing demographics - people living longer, an increasing number working from home, fewer having children - demand a greater flexibility, creativity, and awareness in home design and construction. Clearly, the era of unchangeable homes, capable of accommodating just one life-style is drawing to a close, and there exists a clear need for new, imaginative strategies, tasks, and products." "The Adaptable House provides specific design approaches and techniques that facilitate flexible design - both on the inside and out. These principles make it simple to alter a dwelling's layout, demolish partitions or build new ones, upgrade heating systems, and change the locations of staircases."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0071377468
9780071377461

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Designs and plans.
Room layout (Dwellings)
Prefabricated houses.
Flexible housing.
Architecture domestique Dessins et plans.
Habitations Aménagement.
Architecture, Domestic.

Form/genre:

Writings.
architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings.
Dessins d'architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 223097
Call No.: NA44.F9112.A35 2002
Status: Available

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