The Adaptable House 
Subtitle: Designing Homes for Change
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Published: June 14, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780071377461
First sentence: When the term adaptability in housing is mentioned, the tendency of both professionals and the public is to associate its application with technical advances.
Description: "America's rapidly changing demographics - people living longer, an increasing number working from home, fewer having children - demand a greater flexibility, creativity, and awareness in home design and construction. Clearly, the era of unchangeable homes, capable of accommodating just one life-style is drawing to a close, and there exists a clear need for new, imaginative strategies, tasks, and products.".

"The Adaptable House provides specific design approaches and techniques that facilitate flexible design - both on the inside and out. These principles make it simple to alter a dwelling's layout, demolish partitions or build new ones, upgrade heating systems, and change the locations of staircases."--BOOK JACKET.