If you have ever considered building your dream home, here is a step-by-step guidebook that will take you through the design process. Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect concerns the thought process of planning and creating a house, the methodology of the design, and how to get everything right.
Reading this book, you will gain insights about how to:
- Gain control of the design and building process
- Choose a perfect site for your house
- Avoid costly mistakes
- Unify an architectural design
- Not just design a house, but how to design a home
- Budget in a realistic manner
The basic premise of the book is that there is no such thing as the perfect house; there is only your perfect house. An architect’s task is to help you achieve that dream. The experience of home design and construction should be controllable, gratifying, and enjoyable.
This book is an excellent guide for anyone wanting to design the house of their dreams. Designing Your Perfect House contains a wealth of information and know-how from an architect who has been working with residential clients for three decades. It’s the kind of wisdom that only comes with practice and is of immense value to anyone wanting an inspiring new home. Herein you will find everything you need to know about the process of working with an architect, as well as what homework to do before you begin.
About the Author
William J. Hirsch, Jr. AIA, NCARB, is a Registered Architect with thirty years of experience. He has extensive experience in custom residential design, as well as in the design of commercial, office, religious, recreational, and industrial buildings. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and past president of the Delaware Society of Architects. He received his Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia. Hirsch believes residential design is a very personal and emotional process that has to express the personality and needs of the owner, not the architect.
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