Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid

by Marianne Cusato, Ben Pentreath, Richard Sammons, Leon Krier, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (Foreword by)

Overview

Even as oversized McMansions continue to elbow their way into tiny lots nationwide, a much different trend has taken shape. This return to traditional architectural principles venerates qualities that once were taken for granted in home design: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness to a neighborhood, and even sustainability. Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning Katrina Cottages, has authored and illustrated this definitive guide to what makes houses look and feel right—to the eye and to the soul. She teaches us the language and grammar of classical architecture, revealing how balance, harmony, and detail all contribute to creating a home that will be loved rather than tolerated. And she takes us through the do’s and don’ts of every element of home design, from dormers to doorways to columns. Integral to the book are its hundreds of elegant line drawings—clearly rendering the varieties of lintels and cornices, arches and eaves, and displaying “avoid” and “use” versions of the same elements side by side.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402776229
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	08/09/2011
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Marianne Cusato is an award-winning designer who was dubbed one of the most influential people in home building by Builder magazine. She writes for the Huffington Post and has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and dozens of other publications. She lives in Miami, Florida.

Editorial Reviews

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 guarantee Cusato a place in the history of twenty-first century American architecture.”— The Philadelphia Inquirer

“[Cusato] provides a vision of how we live together and build on our planet, and points out the consequences of flawed building practices not only to our environment, but to our spirit and our soul.”—Michael Lykoudis, Dean, University of Notre Dame School of Architecture

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