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Nano House: Innovations for Small Dwellings
Space is at a premium in growing cities. In the countryside, we want to preserve nature and the landscape. In impoverished parts of the world, the necessity for sustainable and economical shelter is stronger than ever.
Lifestyles and daily routines are also changing. We live in an interconnected world in which digital communication, information, and entertainment are pervas...more
Lifestyles and daily routines are also changing. We live in an interconnected world in which digital communication, information, and entertainment are pervas...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
October 17th 2011
by Thames & Hudson
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A nano house is a super-small house, generally between 300 and under 1,000 square feet. This book shows off nano houses from all over the world with different goals in mind, from an eco-friendly retreat that blends in with the surroundings to pod buildings that could be assembled into space-saving towers in the city to more traditional house boats. One goal of all the houses remains the same. How little space can one person or family take up to make the smallest impact on the environment?
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I got this from the library. I love the concept--I love the minimalist, neat, spic and span sort of thing. But after reading through it, I got the feeling that most people don't actually live in these homes, they're just design ideas or something.
Even still, I enjoyed flipping through it for the pictures... but there weren't enough of those included for every house, either. :\ I'm going to try Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter next. I haven't read it yet but it seems more like what I'm into/interested...more
Even still, I enjoyed flipping through it for the pictures... but there weren't enough of those included for every house, either. :\ I'm going to try Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter next. I haven't read it yet but it seems more like what I'm into/interested...more
I discovered this book in the "new" section at the Library. The title caught my attention & I just had to see what it was all about. This book provides inspiration for someone who wants to build something that is, "off the beaten track". I have no practical use for it at this present time, however, it was fun to explore the different designs for small dwellings from all over the world. FYI: the internal area of each dwelling is less than 807 sq ft. There are lots of great pictures!
I was disappointed by this book :( I wanted it for maybe three months but couldn't justify spending the money on it. It was waiting under the Xmas tree for me and I was delighted... Until I read it. There wasn't enough information on any of the dwellings and the pictures were insufficient. I would not reccomend anyone else spend money on it. Browse it in the bookshop or the library but don't bother buying it because you won't open it again once you finish.
Flipped through the images, mainly, and read some of the details. The book's primary purpose seems to be coffee-table eye candy. Most of the houses really did not have enough information or visuals to be useful, though there were some interesting ideas for materials and mobility.
Nice layout. The houses themselves are interesting - mostly of the minimalist variety, though that's common with these types of books.
I'm sort-of obsessed with tiny houses. ..
I guess I was hoping that more of these would be houses people lived in, and not what just looked like experiments or art projects. And the ones that were really interesting just didn't have enough pictures.
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