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Homeowners search continuously for ways in which to rework existing residential space - for improved size, comfort, functionality and financial gain. As demonstrated in this timely publication, an architect must possess significant skill to create such an extraordinary collection of home extensions and renovations. From simple room additions to complete demolition and rebuild jobs, this book explores some of the infinite ways in which architects have reinvented original homes. The results are astonishing in their diversity and innovation. Detailed project descriptions, drawings, house plans and full-colour 'before' and 'after' photographs in some cases, explain the thinking and process behind each extension from inception to completion.
HIGHRISES: SOCIAL LIVING
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Collective housing has played a major role in the architectural advances of the last century, in the process provoking its fair share of controversy, admiration and disapprobation. While apartment blocks may be seen as more or less fashionable according to the prevailing wind, the decline of the nuclear family and the manifestation of new models of cohabitation have confirmed their value as high-density housing that can limit sprawl and allow for significant aesthetic expression.With other pertinent issues including sustainability and the built environment's carbon footprint, as well as urban cohesiveness, social living is right back on the agenda.
CLOUD9: ROOFTOP ARCHITECTURE
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This book uncovers one of the most interesting architectural trends of recent times: the remodelling of under-utilised spaces at the tops of buildings. These projects reveal the infinite ingenuity of architects and designers, while if we look beyond their architectural value to the overcrowded nature of large cities, the use given to these areas reveals a more rational, sustainable and intelligent application of architecture.