POSTED: 01 NOVEMBER 2010

43 principles to build your home on*

Best known as the presenter of award-winning TV series, Grand Designs, Kevin McCloud is an authority on home design.

In his new book, Kevin McCloud’s 43 Principles of Home: Enjoying Life in the 21st Century, he outlines the basics of enjoyable homelife, addressing very real and solvable domestic issues such as:

§ What is the perfect kitchen layout?

§ How do you create a feeling of space in traditionally sized rooms?

§ How do you create an extension that works?

§ How do you best choose colour for function?

§ How do you create dynamic and enjoyable kids spaces?

§ How can you best manage home waste and recycling?

Exploring all areas of home life, from materialism to sustainability, craftsmanship to comfort, this is a witty and wide-ranging commentary on the way we live now from one of the foremost voices in modern architectural design.

*Based on media release issued by Harper Collins.

PUBLISHING DETAILS

Kevin McCloud’s 43 Principles of Home: Enjoying Life in the 21st Century, by Kevin McCloud | 400pp hardback $59.99 | Published 1 Nov 2010 by Harper Collins.