My Garden Is A Car Park

Download or read book My Garden Is a Car Park and Other Design Dilemmas written by Kendra Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you share your garden with a car? Worried that your neighbour's trees are blocking your light? Is your garden too big? Too small? An awkward shape? Or maybe you just don't know where to begin... Whether you are grappling with a particular dilemma or just need some inspiration, this guide leads the way forward with sharp design advice and beautiful images. Read this book and the prospect of tackling your own garden will seem suddenly less daunting and more fun.

Download or read book Happy by Design written by Ben Channon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can good design truly make us happier? Given that we spend over 80% of our time in buildings, shouldn’t we have a better understanding of how they make us feel? This book explores the ways in which buildings, spaces and cities affect our moods. It reveals how architecture and design can make us happy and support mental health and explains how poor design can have the opposite effect. Presented through a series of easy-to-understand design tips and accompanied by beautiful diagrams and illustrations, Happy by Design is a fantastic resource for architects, designers and students, or for anybody who would like to better understand the relationship between buildings and happiness.

Download or read book Know Who You Are, Know Where You’Re Going written by Bill Bagnall and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-08-27 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Bagnall was born to an Irish father and a German mother, and he was raised by his mum in Woolwich, South East London, as one of six children. Fending for himself in 1960s Britain, Bill found that playing and watching football and following the fashion and music scene were his escape. In the seventies Bill got involved in the hooligan culture, which introduced him to a whole new scene, and at a pub disco he later met the woman who would become his wife; they finally settled down, and together they have two boys. Bill has always had a job, and today he owns his own home and is retired and involved in the film industry.

Download or read book My Garden written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Secret Sky Garden written by Linda Sarah and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A startlingly original picture book about a little girl who creates a garden on a disused car park rooftop Funni loves the old, disused car park, and spends a lot of time there flying her kite and playing her recorder. But something is missing. Definitely. So Funni decides to create a garden in the neglected space and after weeks of careful nurture, her garden in the sky takes shape. One day, a little boy, Zoo, spots the square of colour amongst the grey from an incoming flight, and decides to try to find it. And slowly, not only do Funni's flowers bloom, but a very special friendship blossoms too. Beautifully illustrated in line and watercolour by up-and-coming talent, Fiona Lumbers, this is a poignant and memorable story from award-winning author, Linda Sarah.

Download or read book Times Like These written by Jayne Wills and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-10-11 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of her husband’s sudden death, Annie is left with two young children and a heart full of unanswered questions. Determined to rebuild her life, she channels her grief into a new passion: gardening. Starting with small plots for friends and neighbours, she soon cultivates a thriving market garden business in the magical setting of a walled garden on her friend Matt’s farm. Matt has always harboured feelings for Annie, but her lingering love for her late husband makes their situation complex. As they navigate the challenges of working side-by-side, an unimaginable crisis grips the world – the pandemic. Life as they know it is disrupted, and a critical illness threatens to shatter their newfound stability, leaving one to shoulder the weight of two businesses and the care of the children. Set against the backdrop of our recent history, this powerful and engaging story explores themes of love, loss, and resilience in turbulent times. Will Annie and Matt find solace and a chance for love amidst the upheaval? Or will the weight of the past and the uncertainty of the future prove too much to bear?

Download or read book Design your life written by Clare Nash and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years ago, Clare Nash was struggling with a common problem: how to be an architect and still have a life. With no job, no savings and no clients in the midst of a recession, Clare set up her own practice with little more than a few postcards in local shop windows and a very simple website. Determined to better combine her life and family with professional work, she created an innovative practice that is flexible and forward-looking, based around remote working and the possibilities offered by improving technology. Bursting with tips, ideas and how-tos on all aspects of designing a working life that suits you and your business, this book explains in clear and accessible language how to avoid the common pitfalls of long hours and low pay. It explores how to juggle work with family commitments, how to set your own career path and design priorities, and how to instil a flexible working culture within a busy lifestyle. Encompasses the full range of life-work challenges: Money, fees and cashflow Playing to your personal strengths Outsourcing areas of weakness Building a happy and productive remote-working team Creating a compelling marketing strategy Juggling parenthood and work Studying and honing workplace skills Provides the inside view from innovative practices: alma-nac, Gbolade Design Studio, Harrison Stringfellow Architects, Invisible Studio Architects, Office S&M Architects, POoR Collective, Pride Road Architects and Transition by Design.