Prefabulous Small Houses

La verdad es que el libro es bueno, el contenido interesante y tiene buenas fotos sobre las casas, pero el estado en el que llegó es malo, lo venden como nuevo pero he comprado libros usados en mejor estado, viene con varios detalles, rayones, manchas, etc. y eso que el vendedor fue directamente Amazon Mexico.

Great book. Received promptly.

Not just a coffee table book. Sure, Taunton Press reliably publishes the most beautiful house books on this side of the Atlantic but what makes this book special is the content (which admittedly includes abundant mouth-watering photos). Sheri Koones has been writing about factory delivered homes for over a decade and in that time everything has changed (and her books have kept up with those changes). Prefab is no longer about fast and cheap. Now it's about energy efficiency, superior quality, high design, innovation AND affordability. Koones is a master of this subject having studied big houses and small houses from coast to coast in this country as well as the best prefabs from abroad. In this, her eighth title, she delves into how prefabrication is enabling the growing trend in smaller homes. People across the country are now embracing Sarah Susanka's advice to make houses that are "not so big" - but still incredibly well designed. In this book Koones collects the best of the best and shows how prefabrication has made small architecture possible, Each is different but all are successful in their "small" way. The characteristic Taunton diagrams and the glossary of resources alone would be worth the book price. I look forward to using this book with my online students at the Yestermorrow School. Pure inspiration!

Due to a learning disorder, I have always been marginally employed, so I was looking to build an energy efficient house, that I could afford, that would be similar in design to a a higher quality Habitat for Humanity home. It was hard to tell from this book if any of these homes with their energy efficient features, could even be built for less than a $100,000. and remember you still have to get the land. I loved the book, the designs were wonderful, but as a regular person, not involved in construction, I found it hard to calculate a cost per square foot, or if I could design a house and use more than 1 major technology, ie. solar or geothermal, for the house design to stay under my target budget. That being said, This is the second book I have purchased from this author. The books are gorgeously photographed, with great detail and instruction about the materials used.

Lots of ideas in here.