Product Description

This successful book continues to build on its original simple premise: to offer some of the finest and most interesting luxury home plans from todays leading designers and architects. Here, in a completely new and revised edition, 15 leading designers and architects share their finest luxury home designs. More than a statement of size, the luxury celebrated in this new volume encompasses elegance in design: rooms that comlement living and uplift the spirit while supporting all the conveniences of modern times.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2369478 in Books
• Published on: 1989-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From Library Journal
This plan book describes 150 predesigned luxury homes, ranging in size from 2300 to 8300 square feet, that have been selected from the offerings of seven design firms. An order form for obtaining full plans ($200-$700) is included. Home luxury is defined as increased size, scale, architectural drama, attention to detail, and interior amenities (e.g., formal entry and exercise room), with construction costs not indicated. One-page entries include a paragraph of description, pen-and-ink drawing of the exterior, floor plans, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, square footage, and price of blueprints. The widely varied styles include Tudor, Georgian, Victorian, Ultra Contemporary, and Texas Prairie Mansion. On one level this book is simply a catalog for blueprint purchase, but it does have some value to libraries for browsing and as a record of the taste of luxury home builders who are interested in adaptations of previously designed homes.
- Douglas G. Birdsall, Texas Tech Univ. Libs., Lubbock
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Master Bedroom on First Floor
I was disappointed because the majority of the plans in this book have the master bedroom on the ground floor. I've purchased 5 different new-build houses in the suburbs of NYC, Chicago and London and never come across a home with the master on the ground floor. Two realtor friends tell me they are unusual and difficult to resell unless in a retirement community. If you're looking for a ground floor master you'll probably find the book useful but anyone building a traditional house will probably be disappointed as I was.