--- product_id: 58705826 title: "Modern Shoestring: Contemporary Architecture on a Budget" price: "₱8039" currency: PHP in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/58705826-modern-shoestring-contemporary-architecture-on-a-budget store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # Modern Shoestring: Contemporary Architecture on a Budget **Price:** ₱8039 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Modern Shoestring: Contemporary Architecture on a Budget - **How much does it cost?** ₱8039 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/58705826-modern-shoestring-contemporary-architecture-on-a-budget) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Residential design provides a rich testing ground for architectural innovation. Intimate scales and specific programs inspire distinctive homes, and comparatively small budgets are catalysts for exploring nontraditional materials. Modern Shoestring proves that building a contemporary house can be affordable and shows how constraints actually stimulate the most creative design solutions. Eighteen residential projects are presented, with emphasis on the goals of the owners, the site, and the cost in the design process. Collections determine floor plans, observatories are built for starry rural nights, and found and industrial materials such as highway construction remnants, laboratory counters, plastic water bottles, and discarded chalkboards keep costs low while imbuing structures with character. These ingenious designs range in cost from $50 to $220 per square foot and represent geographical settings from Los Angeles to Anchorage to East Hampton. Review: Very Helpful and Fascinating Read - I found this book extremely helpful, since it's rare for architectural books to feature modern homes that people can afford, let alone design in such a way that is livable. The floor plans and photographs seemed especially well laid out and many of the homes offered interesting and accessible ideas for either the modern home owner or small architectural firm. I wish more books were printed that had that focus. An excellent guide. Review: Yeah! For the middle class who also love design... - This book resides in a narrow category often ignored in the design profession: Moderate Cost equating High Value. The commentary in the book is indeed light at best, I would have wished for more. However what is expressed is that those of us whom reside in perhaps the largest representative economic group of the middle class can strive for design. The selection of projects is diverse and shows a range of styles, material aspirations and building sites. Much like design itself there is less of a uniform theme of design in exchange for a display of what can only be imagined as designer and client relationships manifesting themselves in works that loosely fall into the category of Modern. There is the refined, the quirky, the bare etc. etc. a democracy of sorts. What is perhaps the most successful part of this collection of homes is that they appear at least in photos to be without the usual pretense of glamour and wealth often reserve for the coffee table collection. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #5,382,355 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,512 in Interior Decoration & Ornament #5,563 in Home Design & Construction (Books) #34,003 in Architecture (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 out of 5 stars 8 Reviews | ## Images ![Modern Shoestring: Contemporary Architecture on a Budget - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61KtKCh+ImL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Helpful and Fascinating Read *by C***N on January 11, 2010* I found this book extremely helpful, since it's rare for architectural books to feature modern homes that people can afford, let alone design in such a way that is livable. The floor plans and photographs seemed especially well laid out and many of the homes offered interesting and accessible ideas for either the modern home owner or small architectural firm. I wish more books were printed that had that focus. An excellent guide. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Yeah! For the middle class who also love design... *by S***K on May 10, 2010* This book resides in a narrow category often ignored in the design profession: Moderate Cost equating High Value. The commentary in the book is indeed light at best, I would have wished for more. However what is expressed is that those of us whom reside in perhaps the largest representative economic group of the middle class can strive for design. The selection of projects is diverse and shows a range of styles, material aspirations and building sites. Much like design itself there is less of a uniform theme of design in exchange for a display of what can only be imagined as designer and client relationships manifesting themselves in works that loosely fall into the category of Modern. There is the refined, the quirky, the bare etc. etc. a democracy of sorts. What is perhaps the most successful part of this collection of homes is that they appear at least in photos to be without the usual pretense of glamour and wealth often reserve for the coffee table collection. ### ⭐⭐⭐ More fluff than stuff *by D***A on June 24, 2013* Pictures are nice, it had small blurbs in an overarching concept for each house example. However, I was expecting more how-to and less show & kinda tell. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ph/products/58705826-modern-shoestring-contemporary-architecture-on-a-budget](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/58705826-modern-shoestring-contemporary-architecture-on-a-budget) --- *Product available on Desertcart Philippines* *Store origin: PH* *Last updated: 2026-10-23*