Nano House: Innovations for Small Dwellings

Not much on how to build them. More of a fancy picture book

as a book with lots of photos inside and out of each house with enough info on how they were made and all, i really liked it a lot. though several ideas or designs were pretty weird concepts to imagine people living in them, like one that had a ladder on this A frame style roof and people climbed in a 2nd story window instead of just walking in a door, the house was already floating on water and that's how you want people to access it? or the homes that were big enough inside to sleep or sit somewhere and literally nothing else, most were modern houses that made me look more into prefab concrete homes with huge windows or some parts made with wood. stuff like that. if you're into architecture, home design or tiny or minimum houses definitely check it out.

I bought this book for my father as a Christmas gift. He's an amateur architect and loves the nano house movement. The pictures and articles in the book are fantastic and definitely give great ideas on how to live in a small space.However, the book itself is small but thick, and the size of the pictures is a little underwhelming. I was expecting a 12"x12" or bigger coffee table book, but the actual dimensions are about 8x8" which doesn't lend itself to big photos. The thickness of the book makes it hard to lie down on the table, and keeping it open without breaking the spine is a struggle.Pros:Love the housesArticles are full of good insightCons:The format is too small

As a fan of design and architecture I think this book does a superb job of demonstrating a beautiful marriage between land and structure and how attuned architects are creating ultra-effecient structures designed to conserve the environment and enhance the lives of their inhabitance. Part of my fascination with the book is my curiosity of how the architects profiled in the book through their homes do a fantastic job of making tiny spaces appear and function as a space much larger than then one would believe based on the square footage footprint alone. All in all, this book has beautiful detailed photos and well thought out text profiling each of the homes from the conception to to realization.

Approiate choice of material given the current housing crisis, this well appointed little volume is a hint at offering some solutions.

great book, lots of project ideas and little tweaks to add to your thoughts on how to live small. Only complaint is some of the images and descriptions left a lot to be desired. The images were all wonderful, just not as informative as some would like.

The graphic artist that created the cover did a great job, the book itself is well worth the price for the contacts alone. Again the presentation is beautiful but there is solid information here as well.

Like small house ideas - as typical in these books, few are practical for the USA unless you are rich OR a talented carpenter.

Delivered on time, very pleased with the quality and content of the book. I don't have any complaint and I'm a very satisfied and happy customer.

Lovely book with many inspirational designs across the world with great images and descriptions to understand the design language and story. Really enjoy looking at it and provides knowledge if you're ever thinking to build you're own home one day

Inspiring design ideas.

Good

great photos, and a small book full of great ideas to maximize space in small houses. i really liked it