Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect

Second Edition

A Bonus lesson on Building Green, Naturallyis now found in the 2nd edition of  William Hirsch's  bestseller, Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect. The timeless advice in this essential guidebook for navigating the often mystifying process of house design, remodeling, and building, is forever valuable and is now better than ever with an all new Bonus Lesson, Building Green, Naturally. The updated Second edition covers energy efficient design, sustainability, recyclable building materials, reclaimed building parts and most importantly, ways to design a house to naturally stay cooler in summer and warmer in winter. Master architect Hirsch draws on decades of experience and uses his enjoyable, easy to read writing style to convey sage advice guaranteed to help you design or remodel the perfect house for you, while controlling the process and saving money along the way.

William J. Hirsch Jr. AIA of West End, NC

William J Hirsch, Jr AIA, NCARB is a registered Architect with over forty years of experience. He has extensive experience in custom residential design as well as in the deisgn of commercial, office, religious, recreational and industrial buildings. He has designed homes throughout the United States, including Hawaii, and has designed or consulted on homes in Europe and Asia as well. He is a member of the American Institure of Architecture and he past president of the Delaware Society of Architects. He received his masters degree from the University of Virginia. Hirsch believes Residential Design is a very personal and emotional process that has to express the personality and needs of the owner, not the architect. He currently lives in North Carolina with his wife, Maureen. 

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