Designing a Place Called Home Reordering the Suburbs /

• Main Author: Wentling, James (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Design.; Electric power production.; Engines.; Machinery.; Civil engineering.; Civil Engineering.; Design, general.; Energy Efficiency.; Engine Technology.; Energy Technology.

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...

Table of 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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