Live/Work
Subtitle: Working at Home, Living at Work
Contributors: Sarah Susanka (Foreword)
Publisher: Abrams
Published: March 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780810994003
Subjects: Interior design; Architecture; Interior Design - General; Architecture / Interior Design; General; Home-based Businesses; Home offices; Interior architecture; Office layout
Description: In the same format as Abrams? successful Living Large in Small Spaces, Live/ Work is filled with innovative and inspired ideas for incorporating work into the home. The author profiles thirty live/work environments and their owners, who share solutions for everything from design problems to meeting the conflicting emotional demands of work and leisure. The profiles include houses designed from the ground up to shelter businesses; renovated lofts and recycled spaces; offices and studios cleverly tucked away in backyards or above caf?s and galleries; and residences designed to be earth-friendly. Their styles range from traditional to modern, but the balance struck between life and work is completely natural throughout. This is a book about design that answers everyday needs vital to a rewarding life at home as well as at work.