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(More customer reviews)As the owner of a small architectural practice that does many additions, I see this book as an excellent (and very affordable) sourcebook for residential additions. This book brings together twenty-five projects that have been featured in Fine Homebuilding magazine over the past five years. The additions range in scale form major complete home makeovers to small additions/remodelings such as adding a portico to a Georgian Colonial home. The projects are classified in terms of "Adding Up, Adding on the Side, Adding On, and Adding Out.
These projects are mostly what I term "Seamless" additions, meaning that the addition/makeover/remodeling is done in a manner to create a seamless (oftentimes altogether new) building. Most of the projects featured are architect designed and all display a fine level of craftsmanship and inginuity that one expects from Fine Homebuilding Magazine. It is interesting to compare this book with James Grayson Truelove's book "New American Additions and Remodelings". Truelove's book, which I also highly recommend, features more avante garde, object-like projects, many by noted young architects.
This is a paperback book and the articles are have been very nicely repackaged. Whether you are an architect, contractor, or homeowner, I highly recommend this book.
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House additions come in all sizes and levels of complexity. This book contains dozens of ideas for additions, everything from adding a sunroom to expanding a half-Cape into a full-blown house. Candid accounts of design and construction from the architects, builders, and homeowners are included, giving the home do-it-yourselfer or armchair architect the chance to learn firsthand the kinds of challenges that arise and how to overcome them. 180 color photos and 85 color illustrations add to this book of creative inspiration and expert advice for anyone considering a home remodel.
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