Vol. 9/No. 2, March 2008

Table of Contents

PROFILE
Charm, Character and Warmth
New York, NY-based G. P. Schafer Architect takes an holistic approach to design, as demonstrated by its portfolio of new construction and renovation projects – including three recently completed farmhouses in the Hudson Valley and two previous Palladio Award-winning projects. By Will Holloway

FEATURE
New Athenians
The four remaining houses of the Alexander Jackson Davis-designed La Grange Terrace in New York City are an instructive example of the Grecian-influenced New York Style of the 1830s. By Thomas Gordon Smith

RECENT PROJECTS
Art History
A Georgian-style carriage house on Manhattan’s Upper East Side is transformed into a five-bedroom family home and studio by Fairfax & Sammons Architects.

Southern Retreat
Historical Concepts’ design of a single-story warm-weather getaway on South Carolina’s Spring Island is informed by the Low Country vernacular of the region.

Informal Federal
A farmhouse in Montgomery County, MD, designed by Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects takes inspiration from the Federal-style farmhouses of the surrounding countryside.

BOOK REVIEWS
Building with Light in the Pacific Northwest: The Houses of Thomas L. Bosworth, Architect, by Erika Rosenfeld. Reviewed by Eve M. Kahn

California Romantica, by D.J. Waldie. Reviewed by Nicole V. Gagne

Harbor Hill: Portrait of a House, by Richard Guy Wilson. Reviewed by Eve M. Kahn

Paint and Paper: In Decoration, by David Oliver. Reviewed by Lynne Lavelle

THE FORUM
Traditional Building Today, by John Toates, AIA
The execution of traditional design relies heavily on the availability of skilled craftspeople.