Homes within reach : a guide to the planning, design, and construction of affordable homes and communities / Avi Friedman.

Main entry:

Friedman, Avi, 1952-

Title & Author:

Homes within reach : a guide to the planning, design, and construction of affordable homes and communities / Avi Friedman.

Publication:

Description:

xv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-276) and index.
The fundamentals -- Selecting a site -- Dwelling forms and prototypes -- Interiors -- Construction and utilities -- Lots -- Circulation and infrastructure -- Open spaces -- Infill housing -- Projects.

Summary:

"Homes Within Reach provides the first systematic guide for planning, designing, and constructing modest, yet high-quality, homes. From siting and foundations to systems, layouts, and interior and exterior finishes, it covers dozens of design and construction techniques that promote housing quality with sensitivity to lowering costs. Homes Within Reach is packed with hundreds of photographs, and architectural design details, making it a practical visual reference."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0471469866 (cloth)
9780471469865 (cloth)

Subject:

Housing Planning.
Low-income housing.
Residential real estate Planning.
Architecture, Domestic Designs and plans.
Dwellings Design and construction Cost effectiveness.
House construction Cost effectiveness.
Logement Planification.
Pauvres Logement.
Immobilier résidentiel Planification.
Architecture domestique Dessins et plans.
Habitations Construction Coût-efficacité.
Architecture, Domestic.

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241770
Call No.: BIB 171617
Status: Available

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