BIG little house: Small Houses Designed by Architects, Kacmar 9781138024199..

Name: BIG little house: Small Houses Designed by Architects, Kacmar 9781138024199..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

BIG little houseSmall Houses Designed by Architects\nAuthor(s): Donna Kacmar\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138024199, 978-1138024199\nSynopsis\nWhat are the challenges architects face when designing dwelling spaces of a limited size? And what can these projects tell us about architecture and architectural principles in general?\n\nIn BIG little house, award-winning architect Donna Kacmar introduces twenty real-life examples of small houses. Each project is under 1,000 square feet (100 square meters) in size and, brought together, the designs reveal an attitude towards materiality, light, enclosure and accommodation which is unique to minimal dwellings. While part of a trend to address growing concerns about minimising consumption and lack of affordable housing, the book demonstrates that small dwellings are not always simply the result of budget constraints but constitute a deliberate design strategy in thei.