Author: Dennis Fukai
Publisher: Insitebuilders
Keywords: small, houses, life, living
Number of Pages: 151
Published: 2005-12-13
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0976274116
ISBN-13: 9780976274117

This book is a survey of small houses from early settler cabins to the tiny house movement of today. The houses include frontier shelters, squatter houses, Cracker houses, farmhouses, bandboxes, shotguns, bungalows, and tiny houses. The book shows how these houses were built and served the special needs of their owner-builders. Each chapter starts by showing the house in the context of its construction, the kind of resources that were available to its owners, and how their construction was shaped by both their purpose and historical situation. Many of the insights of these home-builders can

Author: Dennis Fukai
Publisher: Insitebuilders
Keywords: performance, systems, building, sustainable
Number of Pages: 159
Published: 2008-03-11
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0976274132
ISBN-13: 9780976274131

Author: Dennis Fukai
Publisher: Insitebuilders
Keywords: own, home, small
Number of Pages: 142
Published: 2010-02-23
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0976274159
ISBN-13: 9780976274155

A Small Home Of Your Own: Plan Permit Pay in 3D gives an overview of the production of a small house. Like all our books, it uses illustrations, 3D models, drawings, short videos, hands-on tutorials, sample files, and checklists to visually explain the design and construction process. In Chapter 1, a plan is shown to include a realistic budget, evaluation of alternate sites, a prioritized program, and gradual development of a preliminary model. In Chapter2, drawings are exported for initial code review and contractor input, a design development phase refines the preliminaries, and final 2D p

Author: Dennis Fukai
Publisher: Insitebuilders
Keywords: modeling, construction
Number of Pages: 123
Published: 2004-10
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0976274108
ISBN-13: 9780976274100

3D Construction Modeling is a user friendly book that walks you through the construction process for a small house. It is not only practical but the only guide that shows you step-by-step how to build a construction model using SketchUp 4.0. The book and CD-ROM feature a trial version of the modeling software, video tutorials and real-world construction details in ten easy graphic lessons. This unique narrative is designed to introduce novices to key features of construction modeling as well as inform advanced users of the advantages of preconstruction visualization. 3D Construction Modeli