Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid by Marianne Cusato (

Description: Get Your House Right by Marianne Cusato, Ben Pentreath, Richard Sammons, Leon Krier, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Sick of McMansions? This is a guide to what makes houses look and feel right, revealing the dos and donts of liveable home design. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Sick of McMansions? Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning Katrina Cottages, is a champion of traditional architectural principles: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness to a neighborhood, and sustainability. She presents the definitive guide to what makes houses look and feel right, revealing the dos and donts of livable home design. Hundreds of elegant line drawings--rendering the varieties of architectural features and displaying "avoid" and "use" versions of the same elements side by side--make this an indispensable resource for designing and building a timelessly beautiful home. Notes Reveals the dos and donts of liveable home design. Author Biography Marianne Cusato has received international attention for her design of the Katrina Cottages: affordable, durable home kits created as an alternative to FEMA trailer housing to help the Gulf Coast rebuild. The cottage won the Cooper-Hewitt Peoples Design Award and has been written up in magazines and newspapers across the country, from Architectural Record and Cottage Living to Time and Forbes. She is the principal of Cusato Cottages, LLC, a New York-based firm specializing in traditional architectural design. Review 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 ArchitecturePraise 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 Long Description Sick of McMansions? Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning Katrina Cottages, is a champion of traditional architectural principles: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness to a neighborhood, and sustainability. She presents the definitive guide to what makes houses look and feel right, revealing the dos and donts of livable home design. Hundreds of elegant line drawings--rendering the varieties of architectural features and displaying "avoid" and "use" versions of the same elements side by side--make this an indispensable resource for designing and building a timelessly beautiful home. Review Quote 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 Details ISBN1402791038 Author H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Year 2011 ISBN-10 1402791038 ISBN-13 9781402791031 Media Book Pages 272 Imprint Sterling Subtitle Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 728 Short Title GET YOUR HOUSE RIGHT Language English Format Paperback UK Release Date 2011-08-02 NZ Release Date 2011-08-02 US Release Date 2011-08-02 Illustrations all in 2-color Publisher Union Square & Co. Publication Date 2011-08-02 Audience General AU Release Date 2011-08-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:37081266;

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