Extensions - Hardcover

Mornement, Adam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1856694941 ISBN 13: 9781856694940

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

The vast majority of architects cut their teeth designing small-scale additions to private homes. Extensions can be added to roofs, gardens, and underneath buildings or can even be strapped on to the sides.

Following a brief introduction, the book is divided into chapters featuring 40 projects that extend spaces up, down, to the rear, to the side, on the roof, internally, and outdoors. Each case study explains how the architects faced design challenges at the same time as meeting their clients' needs. Details covered include choice of materials, planning issues, time, and cost.

The book also raises issues that clients ought to consider when commissioning an architect to design an extension, from developing a brief to the finished product. At the end of the book there is practical advice for anyone thinking about extending their own property.

About this title

About the Author:

Adam Mornement is a freelance writer and editor. He is a former deputy editor of World Architecture, and a regular contributor to the Times Magazine, Grand Designs Magazine, and Condé Nast Traveler. His books include Corrugated Iron: Building on the Frontier and Treehouses.

About this edition

• Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1856694941
• ISBN 13: 9781856694940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256