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VOL. 11/NO. 5, SEPTEMBER 2010

Table of Contents

PROFILE
A Diversity of Styles
New York City-based BKSK Architects has a diverse portfolio of new construction, renovations and restoration projects, including two that have been recognized with a Palladio Award.
By Dan Cooper

FEATURE
A Personal Commitment
Steven W. Semes, architect, professor and author of the recently released The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture, Urbanism and Historic Preservation, is the recipient of the 2010 Clem Labine Award.
By Gordon Bock

RECENT PROJECTS
Vermont Villa
For a new house in Windsor County, VT, Albert, Righter & Tittmann combines 19th-century German design precedents with local farmhouse traditions.
By Will Holloway

England on the Potomac
O'Neill Development and a team of five firms create an English-inspired residential development in Maryland.
By Nancy Ruhling

SHOW PREVIEW
Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference
The Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference returns to Chicago's Navy Pier October 20-23.

BOOK REVIEWS
Ike Kligerman Barkley Houses, written in collaboration with Marc Kristal. Reviewed by Lynne Lavelle

The Home Within Us: Romantic Houses, Evocative Rooms, by Bobby McAlpine and Susan Sully. Reviewed by Annabel Hsin

THE FORUM
Of Time and Architecture, by Milton Grenfell
In an age of short-term plans, designing and building for a civilized future has never been more important.

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