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If cabins make you think of lumberjacks…of Camp Grenada, circa 1974…of Deliverance…then you need a copy of Superb Cabins. Paul Bunyan would be proud to call any of these twenty-five magnificent cabins home for himself and Babe. Each cabin has been designed to maximize limited living spaces and create a warm, appealing place for [...]

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As the success of MINI HOUSE proved, bigger is not necessarily better, certainly not where your home is concerned. MINI HOUSE NOW demonstrates this point, showcasing dozens of homes that ingeniously make the most out of a small amount of space. For anyone living in or building small–scale home, this is the perfect source [...]

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Inspired solutions to a reality of housing today
* Case studies plus photos and floor plans
* Expert commentary by the designing architects
The architects featured in Small Houses have reinvented the small house, successfully creating the illusion of space where, in reality, there is very little. With their remarkable sleight-of hand, space and light are maximized, [...]

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Small houses are no longer synonymous with cheap houses and lack of privilege. Instead, they symbolize a range of culturally coded values: compactness, efficiency, discrimination, discreteness, minimalism. Opening with a detailed exploration of the social and historical background behind compact housing in the twentieth century, this book goes on to feature thirty-seven illustrated case [...]

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Now in its 3rd edition, the bestselling Ecohouse continues to be both a technical guide and an inspiration for thousands of architects, designers and eco-builders all over the world.
As the need to slow climate change becomes increasingly urgent, growing numbers of people are looking to dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of their buildings by [...]