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VOL. 10/NO. 2, march 2009

Table of Contents

PROFILE
An Eye for Detail
With meticulous attention to historic detail, scale and proportion, Vermont-based Connor Homes utilizes prefabricated panelized construction to create homes that resemble stick-built residences in every way but cost.
By Dan Cooper

FEATURE
Restoring Latrobe
In collaboration with the Blue Grass Trust, Mesick, Cohen, Wilson, Baker continues the faithful restoration of the Benjamin Henry Latrobe-designed Pope Villa in Lexington, KY, despite economically challenging times.
By Lynne Lavelle

RECENT PROJECTS
Poverty Preserved
The hardships of New York City's 19th-century immigrant families are brought to life at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, where a recent restoration by Perkins Eastman has re-created six apartments.
By Eve M. Kahn

Georgian Character
Mark P. Finlay Architects designs a visually modest five-bedroom, 11,000-sq.ft. Georgian- inspired residence in New Canaan, CT, with Colonial Revival additions.
By Annabel Hsin

BOOK REVIEWS
Going Home
Roots of Home: Our Journey to a New Old House, by Russell Versaci.
Reviewed by Jacob Albert

Life, But Not As We Know It
Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature, by Douglas Farr.
Reviewed by Michael Carey

THE FORUM
The Case for Structural Engineered Wood, by Jack Merry
The Engineered Wood Association makes the argument for structural engineered-wood products.

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