25 Houses Under 1500 Square Feet

Overall well done... Just a couple of houses featured that I asked myself "why? They did not fit the pacing of the book" Others I'd like to have seen more pictures of. Overall well done though.

There are a million residential architecture/design books out there, but in terms of quality of pictures and examples, James Grayson Trulove is the best. Makes a great coffee table book for any designer. Its mostly valuable as a visual resource (not alot of text). I love Trulove's message of quality over quanity - its better to have a small beautifully designed house than a mcmansion monstrosity.

As an architecture student, I usually have high expectations for any "architectural coffee table book" by James Grayson Truelove. But this book had some disappointing quirks. By far the most glaring quirk: The floor plan of the Methow Cabin (page 160) was ALSO printed on page 102 as though it belonged to the Cavehill Residence! Don't they have layout editors to catch such mistakes? Hey guys, there's only 25 houses in this book. You'd think they could match the right plan to the appropriate house. Twenty-one of the 25 homes had accompanying floor plans. (I didn't count the plan that appeared twice). Call me picky, but why leave out four plans when you included the other 21? For consistency's sake--at least. A few blurry photos remind me that a 3 megapixel digital photo loses clarity when enlarged to more than a 5X7 print. Nonetheless, I did not send the quirky book back. My complaint in a nutshell: Trulove's publisher could spend more time up front getting the layout right before rushing to print! The mistakes are embarrassing and unprofessional.