Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home (American Institute Architects)

Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home (American Institute Architects)
by Russell Versaci

Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home (American Institute Architects)
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Author: Russell Versaci
Photographer: Erik Kvalsvik
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-01
ISBN: 1561587923
Number of pages: 218
Publisher: Taunton Press

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Book Review: I used this book a lot...
Summary: 4 Stars

My husband and I recently built a new old house...We were shooting for an 1830 half cape that looked as though it had been remodeled in 1860. We started with some good plans, and then went to work on the 'little stuff'. I found myself flagging page after page to show our contractor. The success of a reproduction is in the tiny details. Add them all up and you get a new house that looks old. (this window trim, this bathroom sink, this eave trim, this mantle, etc.) This book was one of our two favorite sources of ideas. The chapters were broken up into various house styles. Not all of them were applicable to us, but there were plenty that were.

Summary of Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home (American Institute Architects)

At the beginning of the new century, there's a groundswell of popular nostalgia for period houses with an authentic pedigree. Regional styles of old homes in all parts of the country have captured the imagination of homebuyers who are disillusioned with the cookie-cutter sameness of new home construction. Many are turning to the history and tradition of their own neighborhoods for inspiration in old houses--themes that will inspire and inform them in building a new home that will preserve a sense of place and the feeling of "home."
Creating a New Old House explores how architects, builders, and craftsmen are reinterpreting the traditional American house. Through 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. The author explores the creative work of architects, builders, and craftsmen from all corners of America who are creating new "old" houses in a revival of the distinctive traditions of American homebuilding--and refitting them to work for the demands of modern family living.

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