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| The Home Concepts Book UK: Inspiring Designs for Contemporary Houses | 
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Sales Rank: 208203
Category: Book
Author: Paul Molloy; Lisa Davies Byrne
Publisher: Shoreline Press
Studio: Shoreline Press
Manufacturer: Shoreline Press
Label: Shoreline Press
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Media: Paperback
Pages: 179
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 7.6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0955014514
EAN: 9780955014512
ASIN: 0955014514
Publication Date: December 1, 2006
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Pixel perfect October 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An interesting book that features the work of five British architects. It's really an inspirational idea because the houses only exist in digital form. The sixty-one homes each get a spread with two digital pictures, three-quarters front and back and the bit that intrigued me, two digital illustrations presented as three-dimensional floor plans. So each room has generic but realistic items of furniture, carpets and cars in the garage. It all looks amazingly convincing.
The houses are all set in a solitary rustic environment so that the landscape or other structures don't visually get in the way of the property. The sizes vary from 6500 down to just over 1200 square feet. Dimensions are given for all the rooms. Apart from the house spreads there are very generalized chapters about selecting a site, building regulations, sustainable homes, landscape design and a selection of books and websites.
Included with the book is a DVD that features an external virtual tour around each home and what caught my eye here was the attention to detail especially the trees and greenery reflected in all the windows. The larger properties have branded up-market cars in the drive, too.
I thought some of the house designs were wonderfully creative while confined to a digital existence but I wonder what will happen when someone fancies a particular design and has to get planning permission?
***FOR AN INSIDE LOOK click 'customer images' under the cover.
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