num_pages: 224
description: Here is the best of both New houses with old world sensibilities. In Creating a New Old House , architect Russell Versaci shows you that it is possible to design and create a new house that looks and feels like it has always been there.Versaci explores how architects, builders, and craftsmen are reinterpreting the traditional American house. Through photographs and engaging text, discussions of history and craftsmanship, and sidelong glances at the workings of real old houses, Versaci explains how traditional houses go together and what gives them their unique design appeal.
language: English
title: Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home
titlecomplete: Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home (American Institute Architects)
genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Architecture, Design
ratings_count: 145
publisher: Taunton Press