Main entry:

McCurry, Margaret.

Title & Author:

Distillations : the architecture of Margaret McCurry.

Publication:

[Novato, CA?] : Oro, ©2011.

Description:

243 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
The farmhouse -- Four seasons condominium -- Hickory business furniture -- Penthouse -- Double low house -- Water Tower condominium -- The house of five gables -- The blue house -- Landscape forms: lakeside collection -- The crayola house -- Mid-century remodeling -- The house of a dozen dormers + one -- The orchards -- The ranch -- Landscape forms: Windmark collection -- The pines -- The house of planes, the house of volumes -- The house on the ridge.

Summary:

Margaret McCurry is one the the most published female architects of American residential design. She synthesizes elements of both traditional and modern architecture in this extraordinary series of private residences. Her book Distillations of the American Vernacular presents her work through beautiful photography and drawings with a thematic concept which ties together her projects through the search for a new American architecture. Through this careful selection of private residences, Margaret McCurry's architecture conveys its warmth through sensitivity to light and landscape resulting in homes that are truly timeless.

ISBN:

9781935935063
1935935062

Subject:

McCurry, Margaret.
Architecture, Domestic United States.
Architect-designed houses United States.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Maisons conçues par des architectes États-Unis.
Architect-designed houses
Architecture, Domestic
United States

Form/genre:

Catalogs.
Authors'autographs. NPV
Authors'inscriptions. NPV
Authors' autographs (Provenance) NPV
Authors' inscriptions (Provenance) NPV

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278968
Call No.: BIB 214762
Status: Available