Designing a House: An Illustrated Guide to Planning Your Own Home

by Lester Walker

With expertise, clarity, and humor, acclaimed architect Lester Walker uses his long experience in the field to gently take you by the hand and teach you to design the home of your dreams --following the family of Tom, Lois, and Anna Sample as they plan their house. Each stage is illustrated with easy-to-follow diagrams and photographs. From setting up your office, to sketching your plan, to considering light and ventilation, to choosing materials, this book has it all. It will appeal not only to the layman but to the student of architecture, as the perfect introduction to the tools and methods of designing a beautiful and comfortable home. The essential home-design guide by the architect of Time's "Best Home of the Year"

Genres: Architecture, Nonfiction, Design

144 pages, Hardcover

First published June 7, 1976

About the author

Lester Walker is an award-winning architect and author of numerous books related to houses and architecture, including Little House of My Own, Housebuilding for Children and Block Building for Children. He lives in Woodstock, New York, where his architectural firm is based.

Reviews

[Halli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incredibly helpful! Helps focus the design process a bit. Great tips for the future!

[Joseph Hamilton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m sure this is a very good book. I have not used it to design a house. After perusing this book I doubt it is likely that I will design a house. The book shows that its a lot of work to design a house. So in a way for me the book has served a useful purpose and redirected my energies elsewhere.

Before you get this book let me save you a little trouble. It will tell you that the first step is to start a scrap book of ideas, sketches, photos, clippings, -Pinterest stuff, in other words. Once you have the fragments of your dream house then get this book and follow the remaining directions.

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never thought of designing my own house until I saw this book. Now I like the idea. Is seems exciting to design my own house. I enjoyed the book.