The face of home
Subtitle: a new way to look at the outside of your house
By: Jeremiah Eck.
Publisher: Taunton Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Newtown, CT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781561587711
Subjects: Architecture -- United States -- Details.; Architecture, Domestic -- United States.; Landscape architecture -- United States.
Description: "In his new book The Face of Home, Jeremiah Eck, FAIA, author of Taunton's The Distinctive Home, examines these physical and emotional characteristics, explores the concepts and applications of exterior design and how they can be successfully used to enhance the experience of home and provides a fresh, new language for describing, understanding, and shaping the face of home" -- publisher website (May 2007).
Table of contents: title: Reading the face of home; title: Northern light; title: A symphony of roofs; title: Straight-faced; title: The changing face of home; title: Light and solid; title: Two-faced neighbor; title: The shoebox challenge; title: House in garden; title: Built over time; title: Breaking symmetry; title: Craftsman companion; title: See-through house; title: Production perfect; title: Two-foot cottage; title: Rooms in a row; title: Back to the box; title: The face of housing; title: Natural evolution; title: See-through, water view; title: Big and beautiful; title: House of many faces; title: Split decision; title: Featured architects.