Housing ourselves : creating affordable, sustainable shelter

著者

• Burnham, Richard

書誌事項

Housing ourselves : creating affordable, sustainable shelter

Richard Burnham

McGraw-Hill, c1998

• pbk

注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780070092365

内容説明

Rediscover the secrets of affordable housing that modern builders have all but forgotten in this book that advocatesNand shows you how to achieveNsustainable, environmentally sensitive, self-built housing that can be constructed at a fraction of today's housing costs! Architect and planner Richard Burnham offers professional builders and would-be homeowners alike practical guidance on utilizing local materials; building in harmony with the natural landscape; conserving precious resources; starting on a small, affordable scale and adding incrementally as finances permit; and much more.

目次

• The housing problem, a housing solution
• developing criteria for affordable housing - sustainable materials, self-help labour, incremental housing, environmentally sensitive siting
• antecendents for affordability
• culture and housing
• recycling
• individualism in housing design
• design techinques
• a new form of housing
• principles and paradigms
• housing costs
• the regional nature of housing
• case studies
• policy considerations - building codes, zoning ordinances, financing, public- and private-sector issues
• the future of housing.

巻冊次

pbk ISBN 9780070092372

内容説明

This text introduces architects and builders to techniques for creating affordable, sustainable housing that utilize local materials and local vernacular style. The methods presented here yield housing that is one-quarter the cost of traditional, and half the cost of modular housing.

目次

• The housing problem, a housing solution
• developing criteria for affordable housing - sustainable materials, self-help labour, incremental housing, environmentally sensitive siting
• antecendents for affordability
• culture and housing
• recycling
• individualism in housing design
• design techinques
• a new form of housing
• principles and paradigms
• housing costs
• the regional nature of housing
• case studies
• policy considerations - building codes, zoning ordinances, financing, public- and private-sector issues
• the future of housing.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA40461272
• ISBN:
  • 0070092362
  • 0070092370
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: ix, 196 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 690.837
• 件名:
  • LCSH : House construction -- Amateur's manuals
  • LCSH : Architecture, Domestic