A Place of My Own The Architecture of Daydreams
by Pollan, MichaelEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-12-30
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary
The author of the acclaimed bestseller "Second Nature" turns his sharp insight to the craft of building, as he recounts the process of designing and constructing a small one-room structure on his rural Connecticut property.
Author Biography
Michael Pollan is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including In Defense of Food. A contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, he is also currently the Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.
Table of Contents
A Place of My Own Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: A Room of One's Own
Chapter 2: The Site
Chapter 3: On Paper
Chapter 4: Footings
Chapter 5: Framing
Chapter 6: The Roof
Chapter 7: Windows
Chapter 8: Finish Work
Sources
Index
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