About this item
Designing Your Perfect House is the ideal guidebook for navigating the often mystifying process of house design and building. Its full of sage advice from a master architect about how to design the perfect house for you.Presented in twelve understandable lessons, this book moves from wonderful concepts to a finished dream home. Beginning with an exploration of the philosophy of design, the grammar of architecture, the creation of space, and discussions of how to make spaces be appropriate and gratifying for the people living in them, the lessons explore issues of scale, daylight, how to make a house feel like a home, unifying a design, flow, and proportions.This book answers questions like How do I get started? How do I select a building site? What kind of house can I afford with my budget? How do I make my dream house just right for me?Other topics include site analysis and selection, programming, schematic design, style, room relationships, budget, working with professionals, methods of contracting, and more.
About the Author
Bill has practiced architecture for over thirty years. During that time he has designed hundreds of custom homes in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut and Hawaii. Although Bill has extensive experience in commercial and residential architecture, he has specialized in his passion, custom residential design, for the past twelve years.
"There is an emotion ingredient in residential design that's just not there in commercial work," he says. "When the construction is finished and the moving boxes have been unpacked, it's really a thrill to hear my clients tell me that their new house feels like their home. That's the best compliment I can get."
Bill is the past President of the Delaware Society of Architects, a member of the American Institute of Architects and NCARB certified. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Virginia. He lives and works in North Carolina. He and his wife, Maureen, have four children and four grandchildren.
In addtion to writing about residential architecture and building, Bill has also written a current events thriller, The Declaration, a book that poses the question of what might happen when politicians misuse the powers of their posts.
Please visit his website at: www.williamhirsch.com or www.designingyourperfecthouse.com
