The Smart House

By J. Trulove

Divided into three sections, The Smart House illustrates how technology is changing our homes. The book looks at three areas: Smart Technology, which examines five aspects of technology and how it's being integrated throughout the house: lighting design and window treatments; audio and video entertainment; voice and data management; security and access; and environmental controls and energy management. Smart Materials, which shows new building materials such as titanium, electronic glass that can become transparent or opaque at the flick of a switch, polycarbonate materials, laser-perforated metals, all of which are changing the way homes are built and the ways in which we use and perceive spaces within these structures. Smart Design looks at more extravagant innovations such as swimming pools cantilevered in mid-air, windows that recreate digital views at night, interior spaces whose functions are transformed through architectural slight of hand and computer aided design, all of which point to new ways of thinking about how we live and how we use space in this increasingly space-challenged world. Case studies of ten recently constructed homes are detailed to illustrate each aspect of this technology and to show the full potential technology affords modern home design.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060557427
• ISBN13: 9780060557423
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Very clever designs in photos and a few tech. drawings

CONTENTS: The Smart House Examined 6 SMART TECHNOLOGY House R128 14 Lake House 38 Courtyard House 56 SMART MATERIALS Valley Center 72 Cabin at Elbow Coulee 88 Freund/Koopman Residence 104 Shorthand House 122 Lexton/MacCarthy Residence 140 Colorado House 160 Gosline House 176

Not for copying

this book is a great display of "smart" housing in the contemporary scene. if you are an architect or an architecture student who is looking to rip off other peoples designs and details this book is not for you!!