| From the Land: Backen, Gillam, & Kroeger Architects Contributor(s): Gregory, Daniel P. (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Keaton, Diane (Foreword by), Abercrombie, Stanley (Afterword by) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0847840778 ISBN-13: 9780847840779 Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications OUR PRICE: $85.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - Monographs - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Architecture | Buildings - Residential |
| Dewey: 720.92 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 11.2" W x 13.3" (8.50 lbs) 456 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Elegant rusticity meets unpretentious luxury in the work of this award-winning architecture firm. Howard Backen, principal of the architecture firm Backen, Gillam & Kroeger, is at the center of a popular movement in home design that emphasizes elegant simplicity and embraces the rustic charm of natural materials. This volume, the first on his work and that of the firm, is an artful exploration of this aesthetic, featuring farmhouses in the Napa Valley, hilltop homes, seaside retreats, and lakeside hideaways. Throughout the work, a sense of intimacy, warmth, and informality pervades. Natural materials, such as wood, stone, and brick, form the foundations, walls, and ceilings of these subtly luxurious spaces, while nature itself plays a considered role that is at once complementary and also intricately conjoined with the work. Sensitive, alluring, and wonderfully resonant with the suggestion of invitation, the work of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger is both thrilling to the eye and restorative to the soul. |