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The Perfect $100,000 House: A Trip Across America and Back in Pursuit of a Place to Call Home Reprint Edition
Author(s): Karrie Jacobs (Author)
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Publication Date: May 29, 2007
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 304 pages
- ISBN-10: 014311204X
- ISBN-13: 9780143112044
Book Description
An architecture and design critic’s coast-to-coast search for an ideal American home that is both aesthetically pleasing and affordable cites the challenges facing prospective homeowners today, describing the authors’ meetings with architects and builders who are revolutionizing the ways people think about homes, construction techniques, and community. Reprint.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Beautifully written, poetic, and inspiring. — John Thackara, director of Doors of Perception
Engaging and informative . . . its combination of road trip and ongoing philosophical tract reminded me of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. —
Leonard Koren, author of Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & PhilosophersJacobs s story of her coast-to-coast search for the American Dream a great, cheap house is smart, fascinating, and fun. —
Matt Groening, creator of The SimpsonsAbout the Author
Karri e Jacobs has served as architecture critic for New York magazine. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, and she now writes a monthly column for Metropolis and is a regular contributor to Travel and Leisure.
