Period Homes Magazine September 2006 Table of Contents

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Vol. 7/No. 5, September 2006

Table of Contents

PROFILE
Simple Forms
From the developments of Windsor and Seaside to Rosemary Beach and Alys Beach, the unaffected designs of Tampa-based Eric Watson, Architect, have made significant contributions to Florida’s New Urbanist architecture. By Will Holloway

FEATURE
Class Act
By developing a three-step charrette process, the recently organized Architectural Charrette Team has set out to consolidate and accelerate the production homebuilding process, as well as to improve the quality of its architecture. By Hadiya Strasberg

PROJECTS REVIEW
The Art of Conversation
New York, NY-based Zivkovic Associates Architects recently worked with London-based John Simpson & Partners on Horace Trumbauer’s Carhart Mansion. The new building shows that additions to historic urban fabric can successfully complement their surroundings – and gain the approval of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Reviewed by Steven W. Semes

RECENT PROJECTS
American Neoclassicism
A formal limestone residence in rural northern Virginia designed by Washington, DC-based Franck Lohsen McCrery, Architects, incorporates the owner’s art collection and takes advantage of the surrounding landscape. By Martha McDonald

Model Home
A 2,500-sq.ft. cottage plan available from Beaufort, SC-based Moser Design Group was recently realized at the New Urbanist development of Habersham; its design continues the tradition of Southern vernacular architecture. By Nicole V. Gagné

East by Northwest
By drawing on European Classicism and the New England vernacular tradition, a new 10,000-sq.ft. residence by Sullivan Conard Architects of Seattle, WA, breaks from the prevailing styles of the Pacific Northwest. By Lynne Lavelle

Fluid Forms
A new five-bedroom residence in southeastern Pennsylvania designed by West Chester, PA-based Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd., was inspired by English and American Arts and Crafts houses. By Hadiya Strasberg

BOOK REVIEWS
Houses of the Berkshires, 1870-1930, by Richard S. Jackson Jr. and Cornelia Brooke Gilder. Reviewed by Eve M. Kahn

Oak-Framed Buildings, by Rupert Newman. Reviewed by Frederick Wilbur

THE FORUM
Katrina’s Wake, by Hadiya Strasberg
While the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina has been contentious, the results of the Mississippi Renewal Forum may change the way the nation rebuilds after such disasters.

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