Tiny Houses: or How to Get Away From It All

Tiny Houses: or How to Get Away From It All

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"Tiny Houses" contains the plans for forty-four houses so small that anyone can afford to have one?and so thoughtfully designed that anyone can build one?each offering the dream of solitude, a place to escape for a weekend of romance, meditation, or whimsy. Award-winning architect Lester Walker shows how, with a little energy and imagination, everyone's dream of owning a h...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published May 1st 1987 by Overlook Hardcover
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Patricia
I passed away a delightful afternoon studying the architectural drawings in this book. Some of my favorites: Tent House, which is made mostly of nylon, but which can be folded up into a tight locked structure when you are away from it. George Bernard Shaw's Writing Hut which could be rotated to follow the sun. 1950's Ranch House which is a tiny version of the house we all know. Also the Dune Shack which at the time of publication could still be found in the dunes of Cape Cod.

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Carol
Interesting book. It has plans for building these tiny houses. Some are quite inventive.
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