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She presents the definitive guide to what makes houses look and feel right, revealing the dos and donts of livable home design. Hundreds of elegant line drawings--rendering the varieties of architectural features and displaying "avoid" and "use" versions of the same elements side by side--make this an indispensable resource for designing and building a timelessly beautiful home.
Description "In this comprehensive and authoratative guide, Marianne Cusato explains why so many of today's traditional-style buildings miss the mark; describes the essential elements of a house, how they work together, and how to use them appropriately; and shows how to avoid common mistakes at every stage of the design and construction process"--Page 2 of cover.;Why you need this book ...
1 de jan. de 2018 · Cusato is the author of two books: The Just Right Home: Buying, Renting, Moving...or Just Dreaming--Finding Your Perfect Match! (April 2013, Workman Publishing) and Get Your House Right, Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid, with Ben Pentreath, Richard Sammons and Leon Krier, foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales (January 2008, Sterling ...
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Praise for Get Your House Right: “[A]n important and much needed book.”--Sarah Susanka, FAIA, architect and author of The Not So Big series and Home by Design “Marianne Cusato translates architectural language into the vernacular and, by doing so, into the reach of the average consumer, where such knowledge is guaranteed to do the most good….this 'Rosetta stone' of design will ...
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26 de fev. de 2013 · It’s not often that we include a book in our “Tools & Materials” department, but if you ask me, Get Your House Right (Sterling, reprint 2011) is every bit as important to home building as a hammer and nails. If author Marianne Cusato had used her well over 1000 detailed line drawings only to illustrate the basics of good design, this book ...
"A much needed book both for homeowners who want a beautiful and well proportioned house and for the professionals who help them to realize that dream." —Sarah Susanka, FAIA, architect and author of The Not So Big series and Home by DesignEven as oversized McMansions continue to elbow
2 de ago. de 2011 · Buy a copy of Get Your House Right : Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid book by Marianne Cusato, Ben Pentreath, Richard Sammons, Leon Krier. Sick of McMansions? Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning Katrina Cottages, is a champion of traditional architectural principles: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness to a neighborhood, and sustainability. She present ...
