Julian Owen is an architect who runs a practice that specialized in alterations to private homes. Over the past eighteen years he has completed many hundreds of domestic projects of all types. He has written six other books on subjects related to the design and construction of houses. He founded and runs the ASBA Architect's Network. In 2004 he was awarded an MBE for services to architecture. He can be contacted through his website, www.julianowen.co.uk