Designing a Place Called Home : Reordering the Suburbs / by James Wentling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wentling, James., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil engineering.

Design.

Energy consumption.

Engines.

Machinery.

Energy systems.

Civil Engineering.

Design, general.

Energy Efficiency.

Engine Technology.

Energy Systems.

Local Subjects:

Civil Engineering.

Design, general.

Energy Efficiency.

Engine Technology.

Energy Systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 260 p. 208 illus., 198 illus. in color.)

Edition:

2nd ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

Summary:

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 a practicing architect with 25+ years of experience optimizing residential design, this pioneering approach to suburban building will inspire readers to view mass produced housing through a new, modern lens.

Contents:

Housing yesterday

Housing Today

Community Planning and Design

Siting and Lot patterns

Floor plans and building image

exterior details

interior details

multi-family housing

manufactured housing

towards more sustainable homes and communities

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Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-319-47917-2