Architect Andrew Skurman is an unabashed classicist. His award-winning San Francisco–based firm, Andrew Skurman Architects, specializes in designing superbly crafted custom residences inspired by the building traditions of French Château, Mediterranean villas, and Georgian country houses.

Skurman draws on an extensive architectural library of European and American design with the precision of an eminent art historian, skillfully adapting timeless design elements to suit today's lifestyles. Collaborating with well-respected contractors, interior and landscape designers, lighting and audiovisual experts, and other consultants, Skurman blends modern comfort and conveniences into traditional settings.

Featuring gorgeous photography and exquisite watercolor studies, Contemporary Classical showcases an exceptional range of residential work, including projects in San Francisco (Nob Hill, Pacific Heights), the Newport Beach coast, and Northern California.

Current modes of residential design are facing challenges of both philosophy and form. Approaches that have prevailed in past decades no longer sustain new demands and require innovative rethinking. The need for a new outlook is propelled by fundamental changes to the environment, economy and society.

Design for passive solar gain, solar-powered homes, minimising a dwelling's physical footprint, Net-Zero residences and preserving a site's natural assets are some of the strategies that the architects and builders featured in this book are integrating into their thought processes and design practices.

An important book written by a world expert in the field, Inspired Homes offers information on contemporary sustainable design concepts and illustrates them with examples of truly outstanding design.

About the Author:

Avi Friedman is a professor of architecture at McGill University, Canada, an honorary professor at Lancaster University, UK, and president of Avi Friedman Consultants, Inc., a design firm with a focus on affordable and sustainable residential environments. He has written fourteen books and his design work and projects have been cited in magazines, newspapers and TV shows, including Good Morning America, Dream Builders and Stewart Brand’s How Buildings Learn. In 2000, Wallpaper* included him in their list of ten people ‘most likely to change the way we live’.

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The work of Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders reflects the special qualities of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. This is a region of stunning landscapes and water views, crisp ocean-reflected light, classic villages, and abundant opportunities for playful living. Architecture of the Cape Cod Summer presents more than ten years of evocative design and well-crafted construction that is rooted in this fabled place. In an architectural world increasingly polarized between strict revivalist classicism and "avant-garde" abstraction, the work of Polhemus Savery DaSilva displays a compelling third way. The book features twenty-five projects that range from modest to elaborate. Each is an individual creation tailored to its specific location and client. Several additional projects are depicted in a chronology of the firm's major work. The volume contains an eloquent introduction and text by Michael J. Crosbie, as well as forewords by renowned architects Cesar Pelli and Robert Venturi. An essay by John R. DaSilva, Design Partner, describes the firm's approach and revisits the genesis of the Shingle Style that is so influential in residential architecture today. Drawings by the firm and more than four hundred color photographs by leading architectural photographers illustrate this sixth volume of the New Classicists series.

From the Publisher, The work of Polhemus Savery DaSilva depicted in this book has been praised by some of the most well-respected architects in the world. The following are some of their comments:

"Here is architecture sublimely contextual within the natural/rural, cultural-historical place that is Cape Cod....teeming with exquisite details - rich and varied in their extreme beauty.... One is constantly fascinated and, at the same time, always at ease when outside and inside these intriguing buildings. Viva the joy and wit, the elegance and charm, of this architecture which is ultimately mannerist in its complex and contradictory quality!" Robert Venturi

"... they have reached deep into the architectural traditions of Cape Cod to produce charming and intelligent designs. The buildings... feel like up-to-date evolutions of Cape Cod architecture, deeply influenced by shingle-style architecture. This connection with the tradition of buildings of Cape Cod makes the designs... natural to the place and at the same time feel fresh and of our time." Cesar Pelli

"The world of Polhemus Savery DaSilva is so enormously refreshing, as this work takes the best of the Cape's context together with the architect's own personal approach and melds them into a body of uncompromising domestic architecture." Michael Graves

"The work of Polhemus Savery Dasilva beautifully melds the traditions of New England with the way we live today, affirming that an architecture of place trumps an architecture preoccupied with passing trends." Robert A.M. Stern

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Другие книги серии New Classicists:

New Classicists - Richard Manion Architecture

New Classicists - Appleton & Associates Inc.

New Classicists - Ken Tate: Selected Houses Volume 1

New Classicists - Ken Tate: Selected Houses Volume 2

New Classicists - Wadia Associates - Residential Architecture of Distinction

New Classicists - Robert Adam and the Search for a Modern Classicism

New Classicists - A Lyric Architecture: Selected Works of John Malick & Associates

New Classicists - William T. Baker & Associates

William T Baker - Great American Homes: Volume 1

Great American Homes: Volume 2

Reviving is a detailed study of significant restorations and remodels of houses built between 1900 and 1950 in Australia.

Now highly sought-after, structures from this era are being cleverly reworked by architects to reveal stunning contemporary spaces within. The houses featured are all very different, both in terms of style and scale. Some are almost palatial; others little more than what were once known as worker's cottages. However, irrespective of size or location, all of these houses exemplify how successful renovations can be achieved from a number of different approaches. 

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Широкий спектр творческого самовыражения и возможностей внутреннего пространства исключительно разнообразен и существенно чаще, чем для новостроек, остается задачей для старого фонда, что само за себя говорит о взаимосвязи с имеющейся структурой. Так как внутренняя отделка в большинстве случаев менее долговечна, чем сами здания, то именно она прекрасно подходит для экспериментов.

Защита атмосферы и бережное обращение с ресурсами принадлежат, без сомнения, к самым важным задачам будущего, и прежде всего в строительном секторе. Архитекторы, проектировщики и отраслевые инженеры ощущают высокую потребность в информации, так как в будущем, прежде всего, тот будет существовать на рынке, кто владеет необходимыми знаниями в разных областях реального строительного процесса. 

The 4th edition of this inspirational sourcebook: more than 300 new pictures of beautiful entrance halls, living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens and bathrooms, bedrooms and dressings, private offices, relaxation and outdoor spaces in a contemporary style.

This book selects 30 Neo-classic hotels from USA, UK, Italy and many other countries. It display authentic Neo-classic style to readers through extensive delicate photos, drawings and detailed texts.

The elegant design styles and rich decorative elements are all valuable references for architects, interior designers and other readers interested in Neo-classicism.

When it comes to interiors style, antiques, and Southern vernacular architecture, Furlow Gatewood is a one-of-a-kind classic-this book presents his magical private enclave for the first time.

Antiques expert Furlow Gatewood's highly personal property in bucolic Americus, Georgia, where he has meticulously restored his family's carriage house and added intimate dwellings and outbuildings-several rescued from demolition-has evolved over decades to become a sublime expression of stylish living.

The structures exemplify various architectural traditions-from mid-nineteenth-century Gothic to Palladian. He has collaborated with local craftsmen to create these follies and takes delight in designing the picturesque grounds and plantings and in devising comfortable areas for his beloved dogs and peacocks.

A gifted designer and longtime associate of antiques dealer John Rosselli, Gatewood has a talent for discovering singular pieces with a poetic patina, composing custom paint finishes and subtle palettes, and knowing how to incorporate distinctive architectural elements.

To accompany the book's atmospheric images, close friend Bunny Williams writes about the lessons she has learned from this master of discernment.

Gatewood's seductive and hospitable Arcadian oasis, with its exquisite and timeless design, will have an enduring impact on the design community.

About the Authors:

Writer Julia Reed is a contributing editor to Garden & Gun and has authored several books.

Bunny Williams is an acclaimed designer and author.

Lifestyle photographer Paul Costello's work appears in many publications. Rodney Collins is a regional architectural photographer.

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Sarasota in the 1950s was a small community graced with an alluring natural beauty. What set it apart from so many Florida beachfront towns was the concentration of artists, writers, and architects who gathered there - including author MacKinley Kantor and architects Paul Rudolf and Ralph Twitchell - a unique confluence of talented and daring architects coupled with a hip crowd willing to take risks.

Sarasota was a place in which innovation and experimentation were the order of the day, a place where an architect might run into the local watering hole to shout: "I just invented the sliding glass door." Such was the confluence of art and architecture that laid the groundwork for the Sarasota School of Architecture, so named after the fact by architect Gene Leedy at an American Institute of Architecture (AIA) conference in the 1980s to refer to the unique architecture of this region, an architecture that is wonderfully responsive to Sarasota's sub-tropical environment and which has achieved international importance for its beauty, intelligence, and style.

Today, Sarasota's treasures are being rediscovered by lovers of innovative architecture, who are buying and restoring these prized homes; but also, unfortunately, by developers, who are recklessly knocking them down.

Sarasota Modern, the first book of its kind to focus exclusively on this vibrant community, offers the reader an intimate look into the stunning houses as they are lived in today.

233 color & 53 b/w photos

NEW ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE: 5 STEPS FOR A COMMON LANGUAGE
1AX ARCHITETTI ASSOCIATI | AVATAR ARCHITETTURA | BRHPIÙ | 2APIÙP ARCHITETTURA | DEMOARCHITECTS

NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR THE XXI CENTURY ARTS
ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS

MACRO CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
ODBC ODILE DECQ - BENOIT CORNETTE

AMMIRAGLIA WINE FACTORY
SARTOGO ARCHITETTI ASSOCIATI

MILANESE ICE FACTORY AND ICE PALACE
5+1AA ALFONSO FEMIA GIANLUCA PELUFFO

SAN PAOLO PARISH COMPLEX
MASSIMILIANO & DORIANA FUKSAS

EYE BANK
EMILIO AMBASZ

AMBASCIATORI BOOKSHOP
PAOLO LUCCHETTA + RETAILDESIGN
 

AQUA TOWER
STUDIO GANG ARCHITECTS

ROLEX LEARNING CENTER
SANAA KAZUYO SEJIMA + RYUE NISHIZAWA

OFFICE COMPLEX
MATTEO THUN

AZAHAR GROUP HEADQUARTERS
CARLOS FERRATER

BROCHSTEIN PAVILION AND CENTRAL QUADRANGLE
THOMAS PHIFER AND PARTNERS

VITRAHAUS, VITRA CAMPUS
HERZOG & DE MEURON

ABDI IBRAHIM PHARMACEUTICALS R&D BUILDING
DANTE O. BENINI & PARTNERS ARCHITECTS

SOCCER CITY STADIUM
BOOGERTMAN + PARTNERS ARCHITECTS

RAIMONDO GUIDACCI
RAIMONDO GUIDACCI

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MEDIA ARTS AND SCIENCES BUILDING
FUMIHIKO MAKI & ASSOCIATES

MEXICAN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE: A YOUNGER GENERATION IS REINVIGORATING THE PROFESSION AND BREAKING OUT OF THE BOX
ROJKIND ARQUITECTOS | LAR - FERNANDO ROMERO | TATIANA BILBAO | TEN ARQUITECTOS | TAX - ALBERTO KALACH | TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA - MAURICIO ROCHA | JAVIER SANCHEZ | TALLER 13 - ELIAS CATTAN PATRICIO GUERRIERO | LBR & ARQUITECTOS

MUSEUM OF KANAYAMA CASTLE RUIN AND COMMUNITY CENTER
KENGO KUMA AND ASSOCIATES

HOUSE UNDERNEATH A CASTLE
FRAN SILVESTRE NAVARRO

ATRIUM HOUSE
FRAN SILVESTRE NAVARRO

GERMANN HOUSE
MARTE.MARTE ARCHITEKTEN

89 SHELTERED HOUSING UNITS FOR THE ELDERLY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE
SERGI SERRAT + GINÉS EGEA + CRISTINA GARCÍA

MICHELIN FACTORY REVITALISATION
RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP