Grand designs handbook
Subtitle: the blueprint for building your dream home
By: Kevin McCloud
Publisher: Collins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780007307425
Subjects: Domestic Architecture; Dwellings; Design and construction; Management
Description: Television's architecture and design guru Kevin McCloud shares his passion and expertise in this guide to designing and building your own home. It is illustrated with the most memorable houses from the award-winning Channel 4 series 'Grand Designs'.
Notes: TV tie-in.

Originally published: 2006.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part 1. Thinking; title: People : you; title: People : everybody else; title: Place : a plot on the landscape; title: Place : a place on the planet; title: Place : a plan on the map; title: Part 2. Dreaming; title: Daring to dream; title: New urban : city slick; title: New suburban : the new cool; title: New rural : urbs in rus; title: New use : clever conversion; title: New life : care, repair and resoration; title: Part 3. Doing; title: Plotting & scheming; title: Planning policy & the planning police; title: Getting your head around a building : drawings; title: Building regulations; title: Managing the project; title: Managing the money; title: Useful contacts; title: Index.