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Land Development Calculations: Interactive Tools and Techniques for Site Planning, Analysis and Design
Walter Martin Hosack
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Book Description
"It is the kind of simplified tool that many of us in practice sorely need" - Jamie Greene, AICP, AIA, Principal, American Communities Partnership
*The first computational tool for land development and site planning analysis and design
*Real-world case studies, with photographs and plans, illustrate how alternative development options would affect the project results
*Includes a CD-ROM containing 30 interactive spreadsheets that can be used for every type of land development scenario
Customer Reviews:
Not much on Retail... and pricey for what you get........2007-05-14
A bit dissapointed that there was very little targeted toward Retail, specifically lacking in the areas of shopping center and out parcel development... but the formulas were interesting, and the concepts that were explained... were done so in great detail.
Extremely valuable tool.......2002-10-07
"Land Development Calculations" provides an excellent and innovative strategy for working towards sustainable land use and development. The models for varying land development strategies can assist local government land use decision makers and planners as well as developers determine the carrying capacity of land within realistic thresholds. The accompanying spreadsheets for the development scenarios on the CD-ROM are extremely user friendly and do not place an undue burden on the user by requiring what may be hard to find or to collect data. All of the data required just is typical of what is necessary to make appropriate land development decisions. As a local government planner, I am working towards incorporating the information received from the models in to the zoning and development code as part of the approval process by using it to further assess suitability of the property for the purposes proposed (a zoning consideration required in accordance with the State of Georgia Zoning Procedures Act). I strongly encourage other land planners and developers to read "Land Development Calculations," because of its highly practical and very timely material.
Author Delivers Valuable Techniques and Tools.......2001-10-18
This is a terrificaly valuable technical reference for practitioners who need an efficient method of performing land development calulations. The book and its companion set of spreadsheets enable users to answer two key questions: 1) how much can be built on a given piece of land; or 2) how much land is needed to accommodate a given use? The material is clearly written and well illustrated, especially a series of worksheets leading through the method. Another strength is its comprehensiveness and detail, including all major land-use and micro site conditions.
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Use your home to finance your retirement
Forgot to save for retirement, but bought a house? Saved a lot and also bought a house? Whatever your situation, Retire on the House can show you how to best use your home equity for a long and prosperous retirement.
Focusing on both retirement and real estate, Retire on the House is designed for retiree homeowners who want to use their home equity to finance their retirement. Filled with valuable insights and practical advice, this unique guide illustrates a number of ways this can be done, including:
- Selling your current home at the top of the market, moving to a less expensive residence, and retiring on your profits
- Obtaining rental income from your current home by renting to boarders
- Remodeling your home into units for much higher rental income
- Three options for obtaining cash from your home without selling, remodeling, or renting it
- Reducing or eliminating retirement expenses such as taxes
- Balancing your real estate portfolio by diversifying with other asset classes
Many of today's homes have tremendous value, and with Retire on the House as your guide, you'll discover how to use this value to achieve the retirement you deserve.
Customer Reviews:
A great resource with tons of tips and suggestions........2005-12-18
I love this book because it is well-written and market savvy, but it doesn't talk over my head. The suggestions for how best to utilize my real estate equity are clear and forthright. The predictions for new up and coming areas to purchase in are so helpful(and worth the purchase of the book alone.) Also, the various strategies for planning for retirement make this book an absolute must-have for anyone who owns or dreams of owning a home. I highly recommend this book. As far as financial books go, this gets my highest rating!
Great book on important subject.......2005-12-16
If you or anyone you know has questions about real estate and the investment aspects of it - particularly as they get older then this is the book. After reading it, I decided to give copies of it for Christmas to my parents and my inlaws.
It does a great job of laying out the options homeowners have of using their single family residence as an investment. The real life examples of using home equity with a variety of reverse mortgages, interfamily loans and home equity lines of credit were very useful. It helped clarify a dizzying array of options available to me and others as a homeowner who may one day need to use my home equity to assist in retirement. I found this book to be incredibly thorough, well-researched and well written.
I highly recommend it to anyone with a meaningful amount of home equity and to those who advise investors on home investment options.
I recommend this book to anyone who owns a home.......2005-12-14
This is the first book I have seen that clearly describes the many ways one can use home equity as a source of retirement income. With Social Security diminishing in importance, shrinking corporate pension plans, and a volatile stock market, using one's home as an investment can be the cornerstone of a comfortable retirement for many Americans. The authors provide very practical ways for using home equity to enhance retirement, including: renting, selling high and moving to other "value" areas, private annuity trusts, interfamily loans, and sales and reverse mortgages. I like that the authors have invested successfully in residential real estate themselves and that they have advised clients on many of the strategies described in the book. This book is a winner with timeless strategies and loads of advice.
Excellent book. Highly recommend it........2005-11-22
This is a great book. Well written and well thought out. I highly recommend it without any reservation, whatsoever.
Book Description
An annual publication intended as a reference work for contractors, suppliers, architects, and homeowners, the 1929 Home Builders Catalog offered a beautifully illustrated look at a variety of homes. Painstakingly reproduced from a rare edition, this volume offers old-house restorers, preservationists, and lovers of 1920s architecture an authentic view of American homes of the era.
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If you like Tudor houses, you'll enjoy this book.......2004-02-10
Fine examples of a type of photorealistic drawing that you don't see anymore, which are reason enough to buy the book. The majority of homes are Tudor or Old English, like the ones on the cover, with just a few Colonials and Bungalows mixed in. The writing is quaint, with bedrooms called chambers, and mentions of breakfast nooks, servant's quarters, and telephone cabinets.
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A house that's designed to be beautiful and house an active, energetic family may seem like a tall order for an architect, but the 24 homes featured in The New Family Home meet both needs extraordinarily well. Author Jim Tolpin takes readers through all the nooks and crannies of these well-planned homes, where every inch of space is maximized to create a family living space that's attractive as well as functional.
Many of the 24 homes share several characteristics popular with today's families, such as a great room (rather than the separate living room, dining room, and kitchen configurations of the past), so that family members can feel connected even while pursuing separate activities. A home office sometimes needs to be incorporated into the home or property, as telecommuting has become both possible and popular. Separate media rooms that house the television, video games, and stereo are also frequently requested, as they allow families to preserve the living room as a distraction-free place to spend time with each other.
Adaptability is the key to making these homes work, and Tolpin explains how this element is incorporated into each house. For instance, what is currently a guest bedroom on the first floor of a home can be converted to a bedroom for a teen who wants more privacy, and then to an accessible master bedroom for the aging parents after the child moves out. This flexibility in a home makes sense considering the current trend of families who want to live in their homes longer rather than move when a house no longer fits their lifestyle. By making a house's space adaptable and multifunctional, it can fill many roles through the years, and a family can live happily in one home for many decades.
Each family in The New Family Home required a home designed to meet their specific needs and wishes, and the book documents how the family worked with the architect who translated their requests into reality. The end result is a home that fits each family's particular lifestyle now and for the foreseeable future. --Kris Law
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These days, home is often the only place to relax, escape anxiety, and enjoy time with one's family. It's no wonder people are now spending more money and time on their home and its comforts. Recognizing this trend, author Jim Tolpin asked some of the country's top residential architects for examples of homes designed specifically with families in mind. Whether for traditional, single-parent, blended, or extended families, or for accommodating visiting kids and grandkids, all the homes in this book are tailored to the people who live in them.
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This is a lot to find in one book.......2004-05-19
I first checked this book out of the library, then liked it so much that I bought it. With 24 homes in it this book was a bit overwhelming at first. It took me a week to carefully read. I agree with the reviewer who said that the floor plans were disappointing. I believe that was intentional so that people don't "steal" the architect's designs. The descriptions at times were too brief and frustrating in their lack of citing sources for materials. The book, though, does what it set out to do very well; promote the concept of flowing and multi-use space as the new design for modern living. Some of the ways that these families customized their homes to their lifestyle are amazing. Everyone should have a custom home because they have a custom lifestyle and preferences. Some of these families made the trade-off of a smaller house to own a custom house that they could afford. These people and their homes are inspiring.
The New Family Home for Al Gore's "Richest 1%"!.......2001-03-21
No no no. This book should be titled "The New Family Home for the New Economy", since practically all of the example homes described could only be afforded by folks who cashed in their dotcom stock options in March of 2000. I hate to bash a book with Jim Tolpin's name on it, but it's hard to believe that this was written by the same guy who brought us "The New Cottage Home" and "Built in Furniture". The idea is right on: homes should be able to adapt to our needs as our needs change. But there are more creative ways of achieving this goal than building a separate room for every activity (a media room, a game room, a home office, an exercise room, and on and on and on, all of which, presto-change-o, turn into something else when we decide little Billy needs a PlayStation room or mommy needs a yoga room), not to mention "Great Rooms" scaled to Jolly Greeen Giant proportions. I would recommend "More Small Houses" or "Building the Not So Big House" (as well as Tolpin's other books mentioned above) as better alternatives. Even if you really do need a bigger house, these books show how small spaces can accommodate more -- more stuff, more activity, more living -- and nothing could be more important in this day of starter-McMansions and astronomical building costs.
Great general ideas for a "family" house.......2001-02-17
We are in the pre-beginning stages of building...writing down ideas, concepts, before hiring an architect to design. This book is great for its general ideas in regard to family houses. The ideas of combined kitchen/living space, children's "quarters", importance of master suites and ensuring the house will fit changing needs as children grow are great. I've taken notes on the concepts I like and would like to incorporate in our home.
The Heart of the Family.......2000-08-29
We just finished building our first family home in 1999 and I wish I had this book before we began! We looked at 10,000 floorplans and now live in a craftsman style, family friendly home in the woods. What a gift is a well-designed, well-built house. But the heart of the family is not the building, but the love and commitment which grows between family members by God's grace.
For another book published in April 2000 on the family home, take a look at THE FAMILY CLOISTER: BENEDICTINE WISDOM FOR THE HOME, by David Robinson (New York: Crossroad, 2000).
Nice photos, poor floor plans.......2000-08-15
While this book contains many fine crafted houses, nicely photographed. As an architect, I was very dissapointed with the 'sketchy' floor plan presentation format. Not only do the plans lack a sense of scale (It would be nice to see proposed furniture layouts that could better indicate how people relate), but kitchens and bath rooms are shown just as boxy rooms (no fixtures or casework!)
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Re: American Dream: Six Urban Housing Prototypes for Los Angeles
Manufacturer: Princeton Architectural Press
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ASIN: 1568980272 |
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As cities evolve architects are constantly searching for appropriate architectonic solutions, and in this book the authors present a systematic examination of innovative single-family houses and residential buildings in the context of presentday cities. The latest developments are reviewed in essays and thematic chapters discuss such topics as lowenergy building, the use of prefabricated materials, or low-budget building. A range of international examples from architects such as Wiel Arets, Shigeru Ban, Ben van Berkel, Kees Christiaanse, Philippe Gazeau, Frank O. Gehry, Steven Holl, Hans Kollhoff, Morger & Degelo, MVRDV, Jean Nouvel, Kas Oosterhuis, illustrate the subjects discussed. "Housing" and "Single-Family Housing" were previously published separately, each proving hugely popular. Now both volumes have been incorporated into a single, lowpriced edition.
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Minimalism, the inspiration of art and wide spaces, lightness and an effective show-casing - these are just a few of the elements that link the Case Study Houses of architects Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Richard Neutra, Craig Ellwood et al. to the present day and contribute to their ongoing fascination and influence on housing concepts. Numerous previously unpublished ex- and interior illustrations are supplemented by detailed research carried out locally into current forms of occupation and life-style, alterations and conversions, as well as the significance of the Case Study Houses for today's understanding of building for residential requirements.
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The white rug. The satin wallpaper. The glass-topped table. Your antique glass collection! If your decorating scheme is starting to look impractical--or downright dangerous--because a baby's either on the way or has already arrived, The Family Home can help.
Joanna Copestick, whose other books include Color and Storage, has written a manual for making the home an accessory to family life. She takes into account the changing nature of family (which, in the 1990s, can consist of children from several marriages, grandparents, or a single parent) and home (because many are also part- or full-time offices). Copestick goes room to room and with a designer's finger points out how you can make each room suitable for your family's needs. She warns against falling for fads, instead advising you to evaluate your own preferences and incorporate them into your decorating schemes. Simple ideas for making the home hospitable to both children and parents abound: "toy storage baskets and chests can be placed to the side of a sofa or chair at night for use as a side table." Copestick's recommendations are based on the enlightened precept that "it's always better to work around your offspring than fight against the decorative limitations they impose."
You'll refer to The Family Home for many years. It'll come in handy when you have a baby around, in the midst of the preschool days, and during the awkward teenage years (when just shutting the door may be the best decorating strategy). Copestick even addresses the all-too-brief time when grandchildren and adult children gather to fill your nest. --Stefanie Durbin
Customer Reviews:
SO GOOD!.......2004-06-12
This is a fantastic book.It not only offers great, creative, and versitile decorating tips, but gives family activities and children's projects ideas to create a well rounded home. The photos are even gorgeous. THey have decorating for every kind of lifestyle - city, tropical,country, it's entertaining to read!
Really, I"m 14, and i love it! I can't actually use it yet, but looking through it is so great.
Best family home book........2002-03-16
I love this book! Not an "odd combination" as another reviewer suggests, but one that shows that a family home can be sophisticated,cool, fun, comfortable, and ever-adapting to a family's many needs--maybe it is more for those of European tastes than, should I say, non-Europeans? I am now a Joanna Copestick fan and look forward to getting more of her books.
A terrific resource.......1999-12-24
I love this book! I moved into a new home around the same time I had my first child and although my first priority was keeping my house organized and child-friendly, maintaining a semblance of style was a near second. This book gave me some great ideas, most of which were financially accessible (think Ikea), and helped me create a family room that transitions easily between a completely kid-friendly play space during the day and a comfortable and attractive place for adults to hang out a night. Plus, the book is loaded with beautiful pictures and makes for fun browsing, even if you are not a redecorating mode.
pretty pictures, lifestyle how-to manual.......1999-09-21
What a very odd combination of entries for a book: tips for raising children, running a home, decorating...it's like a how-to manual for English yuppies. There are beautiful photographs and ideas of things--chair pads, curtains--and how to duplicate them, all in styles and colors that will soon be dated, but for now are very pretty. For all the non-English: garden = yard.
Very informative, beautiful book.......1998-11-30
I love this book! It has wonderful pictures of beautiful spaces. I love how this book really speaks to how to incorporate children into your decorating so they feel comfortable and have fun but without making your house feel or look like a nursery school. The author has lots of fun but is very practical with her ideas. Very useful.
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essays by Reyner Banham, Dolores Hayden, Thomas Hine, Thomas S. Hines, Esther McCoy, Helen Searing, Elizabeth A. T. Smith, and Kevin Starr
One of Southern California's most significant contributions to modern architecture was the Case Study House program sponsored by John Entenza's Art & Architecture magazine. Between 1945 and 1966, thirty-six experimental prototypes were designed and the majority built. Featuring some of the most important architects of the region and generation--including Charles Eames, Craig Ellwood, A. Quincy Jones, Pierre Koenig, Richard Neutra, and Raphael Soriano--the program reflected the modernist goal of reinventing the house as a way of redefining living. A number of the essayists in the book suggest that what made the houses distinctive and influential was not so much their International Style modernism as how that style was domesticated and scaled to the single-family house. . . and how it forecast what came to be known as the California lifestyle.
In addition to the eight main essays, the book, which was based on a 1989-1990 exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, contains entries by the exhibition curator, Elizabeth A. T. Smith, and research assistant Amelia Jones on the thirty-six Case Study projects, documentation of six projects commissioned by MOCA, biographies of the thirty architects involved in the program, and a wealth of photographs, drawings, plans, and scale models.
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The complete story...just brilliant........2002-05-06
A first class study of the background to the Case Study Houses project created by the southern Californian Arts & Architecture magazine. This book was originally published in conjunction with an exhibition of the program at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 1989-1990. It has plenty of photos and plans (though some the photos are just a little too dark) to illustrate the eight main essays. Editor Elizabeth Smith and Amelia Jones devote forty-two pages to the actual houses with succinct descriptions, plans and photos. The rest of this marvellous book has a huge amount of information relating to housing and the post-war environment and how the thirty-six prototype houses had a wide influence on the domestic architecture that followed.
I particularly enjoyed the two essays by Thomas Hines and also Dolores Hayden's essay `Model Houses for the Millions: architects' dreams, builders' boasts, residents' dilemmas'. The back of the book has six contemporary architects ideas and plans for housing in `Extending the Case Study Concept', followed by biographies, chronology, bibliography and index.
Was the project worth it? Architectural writer Esther McCoy summed it up as... `Perceived as a prototype that was to be enacted on a mass scale, the Case Study House program was a failure. Perceived as a prophetic statement, however, as a demonstration of trends and influences that would in one way or another achieve realization, the program must be judged a success. Perceived as art, finally, an approach suggested by their presence in The Museum of Contemporary Art, the Case Study Houses have won the right to be recognized and respected in the history of American design'.
You might think that everything about the CSH was included in this book but Elizabeth Smith has just edited another one called (you guessed it) Case Study Houses (Jumbo)a beautiful, very expensive and very heavy (twelve pounds) very big (opens up to over thirty-two inches wide) 440 page visual history with hundreds of photos (especially from Julius Shulman) plans and drawings. What was missing from this sumptuous volume was all the information in `Blueprints for Modern Living' so if you go for both books you really will have the COMPLETE CSH experience.
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UPDATE: Taschen the publishers of the huge Case Study book I've mentioned above have now issued a very condensed version Case Study Houses: 1945-1966 (Taschen Basic Architecture) and Amazon have posted my review of the original with this new edition.
"The Search for the Postwar House".......2001-07-24
Nuetra, Soriano, Ellwood, Koenig - Blueprints for moder living is the catalogue for a major exhibit at the LA MoCA in the late 80's. It is an excellent sourcebook for those intersted in post war residential architecture. Modern Architecture (with a capital A) was going to change the world, as these bold case-study house designs show. This book contains a great deal more than just documenting the Case Study Building Program of the 50's. There are essays by noted historians Esther McCoy, Thomas Hines and Reyner Banham and others as well. These essays provide the background for the case study program and the mood of the public (especially in Califonia) after WW2. There is also an essay on publisher Joh Estnza and the Arts and Architecture Magazine that sponsored the program. The last chapter "Extending the Case Study Concept" documents the exhibit of six new designs (1987) commisioned by the Museum for a multi family housing project. Architects include: Eric Owen Moss, Toyo Ito and Hogetts & Fung. Lastly there are bio's on the architects, a timeline of events for the program and resourcefull bibliography. As always, the Julious Shulman photographs are stunning. This is a must have for the student of Modernism.
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For every investor searching for the best way to earn big returns on a modest investment, here's the most complete, up-to-date guide to buying and managing apartment buildings, town houses, or single-family houses. This useful resource also includes advice on:
- Evaluating specific properties
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- Financing your real estate holding
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- Using success-proven strategies to generate income
From making the first acquisition and showing and renting units to pyramiding investments and retiring on real estate holding, this is an invaluable guide to making money-wise and profitable investments. Andrew James McLean is the author of The Complete Guide to Real Estate Loans, Real Estate: The Ultimate Handbook, and Foreclosures: How to Profitably Invest in Distressed Real Estate.
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