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Both an architectural feast and field guide for creating new old houses, “Roots of Home “traces the development of today’s traditional homes from the earliest colonial styles in a visually stunning journey. Russell Versaci takes you back to the beginning, when our ancestors built homes that reflected their Old World pasts tempered with the New World realities. As they settled new territories, they carried the homes of their forefathers with them like a touchstone. T… More >>
My daughter is getting a Masters Degree in Historic Preservation and I purchased this book as a graduation gift. I know she will get many years of use from it since it will be a great resource for all types of architecture.
Rating: 5 / 5
In my wife`s study of Historic Preservation – this book has been a very good supplement to keeping traditions alive
Rating: 4 / 5
Interior designers and their clients explore the interior and exterior housing design styles for ideas they can adapt to their own visions of an ideal living space. Explore this fascinating world of new home designs based on old world styles and traditions in the profusely illustrated pages of “Roots of Home: Our Journey to a New Old House”. Author and professional architect Russell Versaci, brings part architecture and part history to tell the story of the French, Spanish, English and Continental customs that shaped regional house styles around the country. Included are more than 300 old maps, drawings and photographs of both historic house and new houses in historic styles. Roots of Home presents a rich, captivating portrait of the evolution of American homes and the movement of bring to life in new homes the rich tradition and influences of the past. Beautifully displayed in text and photographs by architectural photographer Erik Kvalsvik, “Roots of Home: Our Journey to a New Old House” is an impressive and recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and academic architecture, design, history and homes reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is an excellent overview of the roots of American architecture. Written well with outstanding photography I use it as a resource and gifts for clients to illustrate how to capture traditional building elements.
Rating: 5 / 5
Versaci is a student of all that’s right about the rich architectural history we too often take for granted. Instead of rejecting the heritage of forms and styles that have grown from our culture like so many modernists of today, Versaci embraces them and shows us how much there is to learn from them. I have his earlier book, Creating a New Old House: Yesterday’s Character for Today’s Home (American Institute Architects) on the “suggested reading” list in my book, Designing Your Perfect House. This book is a must read for anyone who sees the beauty in traditional architecture and wants an expert guide to take them by the hand and show them how to add some of that magic into their new house.
Rating: 5 / 5