Smaller, Simpler, Smarter: Homes and Plans by Daryl S. Rantis, Architect - Couverture souple

Rantis, Daryl S.

 
9781490927213: Smaller, Simpler, Smarter: Homes and Plans by Daryl S. Rantis, Architect

Synopsis

Smaller designs. Simpler details. Smarter life. The efficient home designs of the late Daryl S. Rantis, architect, are featured in this 80-page planbook and demonstrate bigger is not always better. The homes reflect a Greene and Greene aesthetic with timber frames, pitched roofs and native stone. Each small home is accompanied by a floorplan. Sections of the book include full-size "treehouses," single-family homes, cottages and cabins, custom homes, special places and a section on urban design. Gary J. Coates, author of the renowned "Resettling America," writes the book's foreward.

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À propos de l?auteur

Daryl S. Rantis' residential architecture and urban planning career spanned 26 years. He practiced as a licensed architect on the East and West Coasts and mid-South. A Kansas State University alumni, his mentors included E. Fay Jones and Helmut Jahn. His guiding principle was to create dwellings that lift the human spirit. Committed to thoughtful details and energy efficiency, his designs respond to site, context, region and climate, all with beauty in mind.

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