Residential Design Studio

Residential Design Studio details the process of how a professional interior designer and an architect plan and design a residence.Taking the approach of an interview with a potential homeowner, students will create a profile of the end user so that decisions can be made on program and budget. The book simulates for the residential design studio the same conditions that a professional designer faces including client requirements, program, budget, existing plan boundaries, and site location, providing a framework for students to do their own thinking and their own design work. Chapters cover everything from single-family detached homes, attached townhouses, and apartment buildings to preliminary design, remodeling, adaptive reuse, and urban design.Residential Design Studio 1st Edition is written by Robert Philip Gordon and published by Fairchild Books USA. ISBNs for Residential Design Studio are 9781501312700, 1501312707 and the print ISBNs are 9781563678417, 1563678411.