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Grow Home.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (202 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773569089
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Grow HomeLOC classification:
  • NA7520
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Different Times, Different Homes -- 2 Constructing Ideas -- 3 The Prototype -- 4 From Campus to Sites -- 5 Buying Their First Homes -- 6 Making It Their Own -- 7 The Grow Home of the Future -- 8 La Casa a la Carta -- 9 Small Is Green -- 10 Neighbourhoods with a Sense of Scale -- 11 What's Next? -- References -- Source Credits -- Photo Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.
Summary: In The Grow Home, Avi Friedman, winner of the United Nations World Habitat Award and internationally acclaimed architect, recounts the genesis and development of his innovative project. Like the auto industry's approach to the economy car, Friedman's Grow Home gives people what they need in a house at an affordable price - a quality product that allows both the perimeter and interior of a house to be expanded and changed to fit the space needs and budget of its owners. Frills are extra.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Different Times, Different Homes -- 2 Constructing Ideas -- 3 The Prototype -- 4 From Campus to Sites -- 5 Buying Their First Homes -- 6 Making It Their Own -- 7 The Grow Home of the Future -- 8 La Casa a la Carta -- 9 Small Is Green -- 10 Neighbourhoods with a Sense of Scale -- 11 What's Next? -- References -- Source Credits -- Photo Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.

In The Grow Home, Avi Friedman, winner of the United Nations World Habitat Award and internationally acclaimed architect, recounts the genesis and development of his innovative project. Like the auto industry's approach to the economy car, Friedman's Grow Home gives people what they need in a house at an affordable price - a quality product that allows both the perimeter and interior of a house to be expanded and changed to fit the space needs and budget of its owners. Frills are extra.

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