VOL. 9/NO. 4, JULY 2008

Table of Contents

PROFILE
Neighborhood Ensemble
From its offices in Maryland, California and Turkey, Torti Gallas and Partners specializes in rebuilding and revitalizing urban areas with affordable and contextual designs based on the principles of New Urbanism. By Dan Cooper

2008 PALLADIO AWARD WINNERS
Maximum Splendor
Restoration & Renovation
Andrea Pacciani Architect combines northern Italian and Palladian precedents with contemporary touches to revive an 1850s villa near Parma, Italy.

Revisiting Downtown
Residential Multi-Unit
With the first phase of the Almeria Row townhouses, de la Guardia Victoria Architects & Urbanists creates a sustainable alternative to the mid- and high-rise apartment buildings of downtown Coral Gables, FL.

Storybook Beginning
New Design & Construction – more than 5,000 sq.ft.
Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects imagines the evolution of an 18th-century farmhouse on a historic West Virginia site, utilizing period-accurate materials, craftsmanship and detailing.

On the Waterfront
New Design & Construction – less than 5,000 sq.ft.
David Jones Architects makes an architectural statement with the design of a Shingle Style-inspired oceanfront home in Dewey Beach, DE.

Added Ingredients
Sympathetic Addition
Ferguson & Shamamian Architects’ addition to a cottage in Fairfield, CT, doubles the square footage of the original structure while remaining faithful to the existing interior and exterior vocabulary.

Natural Wonder
Exterior Spaces – Gardens & Landscapes
Inspired by the English Arts and Crafts style, Wadia Associates principal Dinyar Wadia creates a tranquil oasis of flowers, herbs, mature trees and a manmade brook garden at his New Canaan, CT, home.

BOOK REVIEWS
The Work of Dwight James Baum, edited by William Morrison. Reviewed by Eve M. Kahn

This Cold House: The Simple Science of Energy Efficiency, by Colin Smith. Reviewed by John H. Cluver

Rosemary Beach, by Richard Sexton. Reviewed by Eve M. Kahn

Building Details, by Frank M. Snyder. Reviewed by Will Holloway

THE FORUM
Language and Architecture, by John B. Tittmann, AIA
Like language, contemporary architecture is inextricably linked to its history.