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The good building book
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- Book Synopsis
- 'Mandatory reading for everyone in our design practice.' CHARLIE LUXTON 'A deeply fascinating book.' MARK BRINKLEY Drawing from extensive experience, award-winning architect Jon Broome and design engineer Nick Grant celebrate undervalued ideas that have stood the test of time. The Good Building Book provides provocative and empowering insights, along with critical analysis, to help rethink design and construction. - Guides readers through project development, from single home to larger projects. - Examines performance standards and navigates commercial aspects such as budgets, contracts, and consultants. - Explores strategic design and principles of good details for building elements, weaving together aesthetics, performance, and value in context. - Offers practical principles and design strategies relevant for a rapidly changing world. - Features more than 150 photos and a further 90 diagrams. Whether you're a designer or contractor, building user or client, student or teacher, this solution-focused book provides a new way of thinking about how we shape the built environment for a sustainable future.
- About The Author
- Jon Broome trained as an architect now designer, enabler and self-builder of two houses. He was a Director of Architype, an architectural practice working on housing, education, health and community buildings with specialist expertise in low energy design, timber-frame construction, community engagement and sustainable building. He is author of The Green Self-Build Book and contributor to Housing & the Environment and Architecture and Participation. He lives in London, where he runs his own consultancy.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781399417136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Green Books, (29 January 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 940 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 210 x 22 mm
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