The comprehensive how-to guide to building your own tiny home on wheels! KNOW BEFORE YOU BUILD - Learn about all the tools you'll need and find information on essential skills, safety, costs, and resources TAKE A PRACTICAL TOUR - Explore detailed photos of a lived-in version of the same tiny house you'll learn to build in the book STEP-BY-STEP PHOTOS - Follow the entire tiny house building process from start to finish, along with cost and time estimates for each construction phase FROM START TO FINISH - Each section on building your tiny home is carefully laid out in progression, from laying the foundation, framing, and roofing to plumbing, towing, and more LEARN FROM AN EXPERT "Best Tiny House Award" winning author Chris Shapdick is the founder of Tiny Industrial, a tiny house building company You've decided the tiny lifestyle is for you, and you're ready to finally make it happen. But how? Enter Building Your Tiny House Dream! Building Your Tiny House Dream is the ultimate resource that will walk you through the entire construction process of building the tiny house of your dreams from start to finish! Packed with over 380 color phots and illustrations, and combining the "why" with the "how to," this book shows you each and every step to creating your own custom camper, so you can start enjoying the benefits of a tiny house. Award-winning tiny home builder Chris Schapdick ("Best Tiny House Award," New Jersey Tiny House Festival, 2017) provides inspiring and detailed chapters that cover the fundamentals and everything you'll need to know before you begin building. Part one provides detailed guidance on essential information, from the skills needed and planning to tools, safety, and helpful resources. You'll also get to tour through the home of a couple who lives full-time in the same tiny house you'll learn to build so that you can see a real-life application of the space. The second part of the book is where the fun really begins, with every single step for building your own personal tiny house laid out in careful progression. From creating the foundation, framing, and roofing to installing floors and doors, building furniture, and adding personality, you'll soon be able to truly call this tiny home on wheels your own and take it on the road wherever you want to go! You'll also find valuable information on kitchen and bathroom options for a small space. The total build costs less than US$5,000 and takes just one month of full-time labor. With this complete guide, you'll be able to turn your tiny house dream into a reality. Learn how to build your own tiny home with your own two hands, with Building Your Tiny House Dream!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 176

Dimensions: 203 x 254 mm

Publication Date: 11-08-2020

Urban life is humankind’s biggest experiment to date, our cities are constantly evolving and adapting to climate and economy. The cities we have today are not necessarily the ones we need, but big and small innovation is rethinking visions of urbanization. Together with pioneering research and design agency SPACE10, we present future-orientated design which enhances quality of life and makes our urban spaces more vibrant. As technology and urban life edge ever closer, The Ideal City explores the ambitious actions and initiatives being brought to life across the globe to meet tomorrow’s demand in clever, forwarding-thinking ways. From pedestrian infrastructure to housing, the book uncovers what is being discussed at the forefront of urbanism through expert essays and profiles.

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Pages: 256

Dimensions: 210 x 260 mm

Publication Date: 03-02-2021

The era of moving to the suburbs is coming to an end. Instead, a growing movement of city dwellers are looking for grand architectural solutions in the smallest of spaces. Slender, slim, and tall structures are soaring in the limited land available, offering innovative solutions to a world with ever-growing urbanization. Vertical Living is an introduction to the architecture and interior masterminds using skillful, clever design to conquer compact living wherever there is space. As we continue to expect more of our flats and houses, unexpected approaches are necessary for the future of our urban spaces.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 272

Dimensions: 210 x 260 mm

Publication Date: 27-01-2021

The transformation of China in the past three decades has been nothing short of spectacular. Now a cultural and economic player on the world stage, its rise has also given air to a new generation of architects and interior designers. China previously looked to the West for architectural references, today they are moulding a new design expression which fuses centuries of local tradition with idealistic design. House of the Dragon presents the homegrown talent shaping this new aesthetic that is bound by the surrounding environment. Adopting new methods and techniques, they are pushing design possibilities and influencing the watching world. From cultural institutions to cityscapes, explore the tantalizing world of Chinese architecture and get a window into the world of tomorrow.

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Pages: 320

Dimensions: 240 x 300 mm

Publication Date: 30-03-2021

One of the greatest and most influential architects of Japan's postwar generation, Shinohara Kazuo (1925-2006) has remained virtually unknown outside the small community of devoted followers. As one of the leaders of architectural movement Metabolism, Shinohara achieved cult-figure stature with sublimely beautiful, purist houses that break away from Japan's postwar suburban architecture. Perhaps the most iconic of Shinohara's works, House of White (1964-66), rearranges a familiar design palette-a square plan, a pointed roof, white walls, and a symbolic heart pillar-to give the almost oceanic spaciousness through abstraction. The underlying formalism in Shinohara's architecture-its basic explorations of geometry and color-lends his work a poetic quality that fuses simplicity and surprise, the ordered and the unexpected. This volume brings together new scholarship from the foremost specialists on Shinohara and Japan's modern architecture. New perspectives and historical frameworks range from the development of the small house as a building type in post-war Japan to Shinohara's engagement with French critical theory. Hitherto unpublished archival drawings and personal travel photographs by Shinohara complement the essays.

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Pages: 200

Dimensions: 250 x 207 mm

Publication Date: 20-02-2021

Interest in living off the grid, i.e. self-sufficiently without relying on public services such as the municipal water supply, electricity or local sewage and gas systems, has come on the scene as a greener, cheaper, and more independent way of life. Homes that are off-grid generally allow for a smaller carbon footprint, and a sense of freedom and self-sufficiency. Living Off-Grid sets you free from depending on a company, either using solar panels, wind turbines, a micro water system, or a combination of these technologies. Other times, an Off-Grid system can work as an energy backup or be complemented by the grid when renewable technologies cannot produce all the energy needed. We have gathered different examples of nature-powered homes, which are partially or completely off-grid, to focus on the importance of these homes, which put sustainability first.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 144

Dimensions: 170 x 230 mm

Publication Date: 22-12-2020

Off-Grid House Plans has more than 250 floor plans, sections, sketches and elevations, as well as all the construction details in all projects. An Off-Grid system allows you to live without using a utility company, generating your own energy. A well designed system also has numerous environmental advantages, that help you to reduce your carbon footprint, providing cleaner, more sustainable energy. In the long-term it is financially viable, and also teaches us how to consume energy responsibly. These off-grid homes, which run on solar, wind or hydro power, are just a few examples of how people are leaving the city behind for a life in the country in contact with nature.

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Pages: 144

Dimensions: 170 x 230 mm

Publication Date: 22-12-2020

This book features the untold beauty of Chinese architecture and design. Readers will be witnessing the grace and elegance of the Asian aesthetic through this beautiful book. The rationale of the renowned interior designer Eric Tai ranges from luxury to chic, expressive to implicit. Tai is one of the leading figures in Chinese interior design. The Elegant East is both a collection and a guide to how Chinese cultural elements can integrate and develop under modern interior design context. Tai's works are timeless and lively. He bridges the gap between cultures and his works display the sophisticated fusion of the East and West. In this book, Tai showcases the 29 interior designs from his top works which includes show houses, sales centres, estate villas etc. Inspiring and appealing pictures take you on a journey dancing to the uprising and awakening of the modern Chinese lifestyle.

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Pages: 352

Dimensions: 235 x 305 mm

Publication Date: 06-01-2021

What does it mean to live in a material world, and how do materials of the past and present hold the keys to our future? This book tackles these questions by focusing on various issues that human beings face and by discussing potential materials-related solutions. Through the lens of intriguing projects by designers, artists, makers, and scientists, it presents a colourful panoply of ideas, technologies, and creative efforts that focus on the earth’s most basic elements, while also showing how these elements can be transformed into entirely new materials. It explores, for example, how ancient practices such as dyeing fabric and making glue may hold the secret to renewable and earth-friendly consumer products, as well as how recycling plastics can tackle food waste, and how a type of light metal being developed may one day make air travel less fuel-reliant. This book also investigates the potential of the digital experience, suggesting how this most ephemeral type of matter can be used to improve our world. Eye-catching and provocative, Why Materials Matter serves as both a stimulating catalogue of possibilities and a timely manifesto on how to consume, manufacture, and design for a better future.

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Pages: 240

Dimensions: 240 x 300 mm

Publication Date: 19-10-2018

New 3d Effects in Design presents an eclectic selection of a hundred graphics projects that are drawn from a wide variety of areas and incorporate three-dimensional effects. Through using 3D tools, each of these sophisticated projects reveals spectacular, hypnotic and dynamic effects that lend depth and visual impact. The book demonstrates the different possibilities for combining 2D and 3D and for applying those combinations to different graphical elements to communicate a message with fresher and stronger expressiveness. It includes photographs of each of the practical applications of the projects, which range from posters for exhibitions and events to branding and corporate identity, and its descriptive texts cover the applied techniques and details of the graphics processes. This book demonstrates how proficiency in 3D tools can open up futuristic, agile and fun finishes for projects. It is a guide filled with inspiration andpractical ideas for graphic designers and students.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 210 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 28-02-2019