"Practical, straightforward, with an eye fixed firmly on the necessary link between economy and serious good design, Duo Dickinson's real-world book will be a real boon to anyone who wants to tailor a home."
Robert Hughes, author of Goya and The Fatal Shore and former chief art critic, Time magazine
"This is a book that tells you how to get the house that's right for you, instead of some standard, one-size-fits-all model. It's about the fun of good architecture and how to get it on a sensible budget."
Robert Campbell, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, The Boston Globe.
"Duo Dickinson convincingly challenges the commonly held assumption that good house design and construction is always expensive. He demonstrates that anyone can build a truly distinctive house - indeed, home - without spending a fortune."
Jeremiah Eck, author of The Distinctive Home
"Duo Dickinson's compassion for cost-effective custom homes shines through his enlightened book. This is a must book for homeowners who seek more personality from their housing dollar."
Dale Mulfinger, author of The Cabin and The Getaway Home
"Duo Dickinson has unabashedly divulged the actual techniues for distilling ten dollars of design from every one dollar in your budget - with 20 projects to prove it. This is no trendy taste setting book for armchair architects. In The House You Build Dickinson practically insists that design be affordable for everyone. Then he explains how to do it with hard-earned lessons from his practice."
John Connell, founder of Yestermorrow Design/Build School, author of Homing Instinct and the forthcoming The Inspired House
“For anybody who wants to design and build a nice house – that is, who wants to hire other people to design and build a nice house for them – this is the single most useful guide I’ve ever seen. Duo Dickinson has packed a career’s worth of wisdom and practicality into these handsome pages.”
Kurt Andersen, former architecture and design critic, Time magazine
“Duo Dickinson proves in his new book that you don’t have to be rich and famous to build an innovative, architect designed dream home. In a series of detailed and inspiring case studies, he shows that if you can afford an off-the-shelf, cookie-cutter house, you can afford something far more expressive that will reflect your taste and lifestyle. Filled with practical ideas, beautiful designs, and boundless enthusiasm, this book should open a whole new market in high end architecture books.”
William Phillips, Contributing Editor and former Editor in Chief, Little, Brown, and Company
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