Period Homes Magazine November 2006 Table of Contents

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Vol. 7/No. 6, November 2006

Table of Contents

PROFILE
A Sense of Place
Through courtyard housing, transit-oriented developments and vernacular New Urbanist projects, Pasadena, CA-based Moule & Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists continues to promote the harmony of the streets, neighborhoods, towns and cities of the American Southwest. By Will Holloway

FEATURE
Services Online
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Still No Substitute
Is the replacement of historic windows with modern substitutes always the most energy-efficient and cost-effective strategy? A specialist examines the life-cycle costs of both options. By John H. Cluver, AIA

RECENT PROJECTS
Museum Quality
The restorations of three National Historic Landmarks – Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center, Cosy Cottage at Olana and the Florence Griswold Museum – showcase not only fine preservation treatments, but also the efforts of America’s house museums to engage the public.
By Eve M. Kahn

History Retold
Barnes Vanze Architects, Inc., of Washington, DC, designed the most recent renovation of an 18th-century Virginia residence, creating an addition and carefully incorporating its historic log-house core into a thoroughly contemporary residence. By Lynne Lavelle

Safe Harbor
By converting a row of 19th-century commercial buildings to residences on Historic Front Street, New York, NY-based Cook+Fox Architects has breathed new life into Manhattan’s Financial District. By Eve M. Kahn

The Temple in the Field
The relocation and restoration of a Landmark 19th-century Greek Revival house in Massachusetts provides an opportunity for a carpenter to utilize traditional craftsmanship skills acquired at Boston’s North Bennet Street School. By Nicole V. Gagné

Another Hundred Years
The restoration of an 1889 shingle-style cottage in Jamestown, RI, by the local firm Ronald F. DiMauro Architects, Inc., undoes a series of unsympathetic 20th-century renovations. By Hadiya Strasberg

BOOK REVIEWS
The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, by Michael W. Fazio and Patrick A. Snadon. Reviewed by Eve M. Kahn

Victorian Houses of Mississippi, by Richard J. Cawthon. Reviewed by David J. Hardy, AIA

THE FORUM
Being Right is Not Enough, by Clem Labine
To effectively oppose the proposed Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn, NY, Traditional Building and Period Homes’ founder argues that citizens must be willing to join the political fight.

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