PreFab Green
Gibbs Smith
Available: 02/26/09
10 x 8.5 · 176 pages
9781423604976
CDN $42.00
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IN PREFAB GREEN, architect Michelle Kaufmann shares her vision of creating thoughtful, sustainable design for everyone. Her firm, Michelle Kaufmann Designs, blends sustainable home layouts, eco-friendly materials, and low-energy options to create a prepackaged" green solution to home design. Kaufmann tells about five eco-principles that are present in every design her firm creates-smart design, eco-materials, energy efficiency, water conservation, and healthy environment-and how each worktogether to create homes that make a difference.
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After receiving her master's degree from Princeton University, Michelle Kaufmann had the opportunity to work for renowned architects Frank Gehry and Michael Graves. Cathy Remick is a designer with experience in architecture, graphics, and fine arts painting.
