The Forever Home: How to Work with an Architect to Design the Home of Your Dreams

The Forever Home provides the foundation to confidently explore what you want, plan your dream home, and find the right professionals to make it a reality.

Renowned architect Kevin Harris will guide you through his proven, step-by-step process to design and build a house that fits you so well it becomes your forever home. No matter where you travel, your forever home is the place you feel complete.

Inside these pages, you'll learn how to:
- Determine when it makes sense to hire an architect
- Evaluate and assemble the design team and construction team that's right for you
- Understand the residential construction process
- Use the Hierarchy of Design to make the most important decisions first
- Recognize the pitfalls and avoid many common, but ill advised cost-saving schemes

The Forever Home will pave the way for you to design and build not only the home of your current dreams, but the home that will be perfect for your children, grandchildren, aging parents, and even you later in life.

Author: Kevin Harris
Publisher: Advantage Media Group
Published: 07/21/2015
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781599324289

About the Author
Harris, Kevin: - Kevin Harris, FAIA, is a nationally recognized expert and international speaker on single-family residential and renovation design. He has received more than a dozen design awards and has been published in over 50 books and publications including The New York Times, Smart Money, Southern Living, and Business Week. He has been a guest on NPR's "All Things Considered", and his work featured on ABC's "Nightline", HGTV's "Before and AFTER" and "Curb Appeal". In his free time, Kevin serves on several industry boards and task forces, and is a frequent lecturer at industry and association events. Kevin holds degrees from LSU's School of Architecture, and Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He taught for 10 years at LSU before pursuing a full-time practice and currently serves on Harvard's GSD Alumni Council. He holds an NCARB certificate, is licensed to practice architecture, and has designed Forever Homes in four states. In 2009, Kevin was elevated to Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects for notable contribution to the advancement of the profession of architecture. Kevin and his wife, Elizabeth, have three daughters and live in their own renovated Forever Home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For more information about Kevin and his work, please visit www.kevinharrisarchitect.com.