The Handbook of Home Design: An Architect’s Blueprint for Shaping your Home

Product Information

Throughout your home design journey, whether large or small, Laura takes you each step of the way from understanding your home, reading a plan and writing a brief, right through to sketching your own design and having the confidence to get what you want on the building site. Often, people think they need to put a massive 3 or 4 metre extension on the back of their home to get enough space to live. Laura has dedicated her career to home design, working on over 400 projects large and small in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Competing in amateur kickboxing and Muay Thai bouts, Clark discovered mixed martial arts in 2009 and joined New Wave Academy and started training under former welterweight UFC fighter and The Ultimate Fighter competitor, Nick Osipczak. Architect Laura Jane Clark, from the BBC and Netflix series 'Your Home Made Perfect' has spent over 15 years designing, remodelling, and building homes with budgets that range from modest to enormous.

Windows users should also consider upgrading to Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Edge, or switching to Firefox or Chrome. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. She is the architect presenter on BBC2’s “Your Home Made Perfect” and has appeared regularly on Channel Four’s “George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces”. Clark then presented designs on two episodes of Ugly House to Lovely House [7] [8] in the first two series of the show before deciding to leave Channel 4. Significantly revised in reference to changing building types and construction standards, new chapters added on data centres and logistics facilities and sustainable design integrated into chapters throughout.

Kyle Books has acquired The Handbook of Home Design by award-winning architect, designer and presenter of BBC2 show “Your Home Made Perfect” Laura Jane Clark. As we get older, we’re all going to need assistance at some point, and, with such an advance in brassware finishes, accessible bathrooms can be made to look so much more stylish. A wee bit of extra space can certainly help, but there are other ways to free up existing space that isn’t being used very well.

I love beautiful concrete and timber bathrooms with tropical plants, just like bathing in a rainforest! She also converted a former underground public lavatory in Crystal Palace into a one-bedroom apartment. So, I’m often asked to put a second bathroom in, and you can actually make those quite small and compact.

We are delighted to announce that British Architect, Tv presenter, author and influencer Laura Jane Clark. Packed full of tips and tricks, inspiration and technical know-how, THE HANDBOOK OF HOME DESIGN is like having Laura by your side, showing you how to design practical yet beautiful spaces, get more storage into your life and create the home of your dreams. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Copestick said: “I’ve long been an admirer of Laura Jane’s super-smart architectural solutions that are often seen on TV.