Books

Good House Hunting: 20 Steps to Your Dream Home
(Harper Design) by Dennis Wedlick

Good House Hunting: 20 Steps to Your Dream Home will be on shelves in June 2005. Intended to inform and inspire, the book is based on the premise that a home is the most important investment — both financial and personal — in an individual's or family's life. With accessible text, brilliant photography, and worksheets on topics ranging from design to financing, Good House Hunting helps make the dream of owning the perfect home a reality, step by step.

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The Good Home
(Harper Design International) by Dennis Wedlick

First released in 2001, The Good Home is now also available in paperback. Filled with stunning photography, floor plans, and inspiring, accessible text, The Good Home is an exploration of the picturesque and expressive American home.

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Designing The Good Home
(Harper Design International) by Dennis Wedlick

Released in January 2004, this follow-up to The Good Home continues Dennis Wedlick's exploration of what makes a house evocative. Using the work of architects Hugh Newell Jacobson, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, and Obie Bowman, each of whom shows remarkable innovation, he illustrates the diversity and potential of expressive design.

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Good House Parts: Creating a Great Home Piece By Piece
(The Taunton Press) by Dennis Wedlick

Released in the fall of 2003, Good House Parts breaks down the home design process—both literally and figuratively—into the sum of its parts. In this lavishly illustrated book, Dennis Wedlick identifies each good house part and shows its expressive and functional possibilities. In doing so, he gives his readers access to a sophisticated design vernacular, enabling them to begin dreaming about their own ideal home.

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Hot Dirt, Cool Straw
(Harper Design International), by James Grayson Trulove with an introduction by Dennis Wedlick

Published in January 2002, this book features environmentally-friendly homes whose sustainability compromises nothing to aesthetics. Dennis Wedlick introduces the book, discussing the enormous potential of "green" design for both the environment and the field of architecture.

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