Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid

Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid

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

Amazon Sales Rank: #10442 in Books

Published on: 2008-01-01

Original language: English

Number of items: 1

Binding: Hardcover

272 pages

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author
Acclaimed designer Marianne Cusato has received international media attention for her work on the Katrina Cottages. Leading in 2006 to being named by Builder Magazine as No.4 on their list of the 50 most influential people in the home building industry. Her first cottage, Katrina Cottage 1, was the recipient of the first annual People's Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institute.

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Customer Reviews

A great guide to correct design
This is another great addition to anyone who is directly involved with the designing of homes. I would strongly recommend that builders who think they know it all, read this before they slap together another mistake on our horizon. This book is clear and direct in it's purpose of making us all aware of why buildings look "right"; and why so many buildings look "wrong."

The good the bad and the ugly
What a great book. This is the kind of thing that I wish I had found years ago. I and a scenic designer but I think that it could be a permanent part of a library for a interior designer, architect or home owner. This book gets right down to work with hundreds of drawings. How helpful to have errors of proportion beside correct interpretations of classic elements. I love beautiful pictures of traditional homes, but having precise drawings of the good the bad and the ugly is a unique approach to a design book.

Love this book!
Love this author and her designs. This book has taught me so much about simple things I see everyday. I now see all buildings differently. Great illustrations and easy to understand explanations.

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