Forever Home: Designing Houses to Last a Lifetime

Houses can be designed to accommodate family needs, with flexible solutions to a variety of living arrangements. Interviews with 20 homeowners and designers illustrate smart planning, where not to skimp, and how to plan spaces for double and triple duty. Designing an adaptable home has economic, environmental, and emotional rewards.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 14 May 2023
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd

When family circumstances change, such as working from home, new mobility challenges, or an unexpected in-law arriving, many homes become dysfunctional. However, it doesn't have to be this way. Houses can be designed to accommodate family needs both now and in the future.

Interviews with 20 homeowners and their designers showcase flexible solutions for various living arrangements. Combined with photographs and floor plans, the case studies represent different perspectives, ranging from young families to divorcees, single-parent households, and retirees.

Tips at the end of each chapter address key lifestyle questions to ask before designing a forever house, where to avoid skimping, and how to plan spaces for double and triple duty. Designing an adaptable home offers economic, environmental, and emotional rewards. With smart planning, it is possible to build a house that can be passed down to the next generation.

Dimension: 254 x 203 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780764365256