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Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home

Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home

by RussellVersaci (Author)

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    Hardcover 2004

    $23.30
Synopsis

Architect Russell Versaci shows that it is possible to design and create a new house that looks and feels like it has always been there. Featuring 17 homes that are the best examples classic regional styles, Versaci shows how to create a home that feels old and lives new. The book explores how architects, builders, and craftsmen are reinterpreting the traditional house. Through full colour photographs and engaging text, brief discussions of history and craftsmanship, and occasional sidelong glances at the workings of real old houses, Versaci employs his pillars of traditional design to explain how traditional houses go together and what gives them their unique design appeal.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Taunton Press Inc
Published: 01 Apr 2004
ISBN 10: 1561586153
ISBN 13: 9781561586158

Media Reviews

People love old houses. Versaci explains why, and shows what it takes to create such enduring quality in home design today
--Philip Morris, former Senior Architecture Editor, Southern Accents

Versaci presents a masterful survey of the best in new, historically inspired homes...and shares the techniques that architects use to achieve historical resonance and emotional impact.
--Clem Labine, Editorial Director, Traditional Building

The quality of the architecture presented in this book is excellent.
--Andres Duany, architect, founder of New Urbanism, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company

Author Bio
Russell Versaci has been practicing traditional architecture for two decades. His firm, Russell Versaci Architecture, is noted for creating thoughtful, carefully executed designs for period-style homes that reflect a mastery of history. His first book, Creating a New Old House, promotes the author's Pillars of Traditional Design, a set of principles for creating authentic traditional architecture. Versaci's designs have been featured in national magazines, including Traditional Home, Southern Accents, House Beautiful, and Southern Living, as well as on Good Morning, America.