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Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning Katrina Cottages, is a champion of traditional architectural principles: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness to a neighborhood, and sustainability. She presents the definitive guide to what makes houses look and feel right, revealing the dos and donts of livable home design.
(April 2013, Workman Publishing) and Get Your House Right, Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid, with Ben Pentreath, Richard Sammons and Leon Krier, foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales (January 2008, Sterling Publishing). She is currently developing a new series of designs with Clayton Homes, a Warren Buffett/Berkshire Hathaway company.
- Marianne Cusato, Ben Pentreath, Richard Sammons
Summary: "In this comprehensive and authoritative guide, Marianne Cusato explains why so many of today's traditional-style buildings miss the mark; describes the essential elements of a house, how they work together, and how to use them appropriately; and shows how to avoid common mistakes at every stage of the design and construction process"--Page 2 of cover
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(April 2013, Workman Publishing) and Get Your House Right, Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid, with Ben Pentreath, Richard Sammons and Leon Krier, foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales (January 2008, Sterling Publishing). She is currently developing a new series of designs with Clayton Homes, a Warren Buffett/Berkshire Hathaway company.
- Marianne Cusato, Ben Pentreath, Richard Sammons
2 de ago. de 2011 · Praise for Get Your House Right: "[A]n important and much needed book."--Sarah Susanka, FAIA, architect and author of The Not So Big series and Home by Design "Marianne Cusato translates architectural language into the vernacular and, by doing so, into the reach of the average consumer, where such knowledge is guaranteed to do the most good....this Rosetta stone of design will guarantee Cusato ...
Architecture is like a language. Like any language it has a vocabulary (the building elements, such as windows, doors and eaves) and grammar (the rules that we use to assemble the elements.) Unfortunately, all too often work produced today, “doesn’t feel quite right.”
