The new old house : historic & modern architecture combined / Marc Kristal ; foreword by Gil Schafer III.
By: Kristal, Marc [author.].
Contributor(s): Schafer, Gil, III [author of introduction, etc.].
Publisher: New York : Abrams, 2017Description: 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans (some color) ; 29 cm.Content type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781419724046.Subject(s): Architecture, Domestic -- Conservation and restoration | Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction | Dwellings -- Remodeling | Buildings -- Additions | Architect-designed houses | Interior architecture -- Pictorial works | Interior decoration -- Pictorial works | Architecture, Domestic -- Conservation and restoration | Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction | Dwellings -- RemodelingGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: The New Old House presents 18 private historic homes, from North America to Europe, and traces the ingenious ways architects have revitalized and refreshed them for a new generation. Most of the renovations occurred in the last decade, but all of the homes have origins reaching back into the past, in some cases hundreds of years. Projects and firms featured include Greenwich House, Allan Greenberg; Longbranch, Jim Olson; Astley Castle, Witherford Watson Mann; Hunsett Mill, Acme; Cotswolds House, Richard Found; plus more than a dozen others. These projects address such timely factors as sustainability, multiculturalism, preservation, and style, and demonstrate the unique beauty and elegance that comes from the interweaving of modernity and history.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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The New Old House presents 18 private historic homes, from North America to Europe, and traces the ingenious ways architects have revitalized and refreshed them for a new generation. Most of the renovations occurred in the last decade, but all of the homes have origins reaching back into the past, in some cases hundreds of years. Projects and firms featured include Greenwich House, Allan Greenberg; Longbranch, Jim Olson; Astley Castle, Witherford Watson Mann; Hunsett Mill, Acme; Cotswolds House, Richard Found; plus more than a dozen others. These projects address such timely factors as sustainability, multiculturalism, preservation, and style, and demonstrate the unique beauty and elegance that comes from the interweaving of modernity and history.