Timeless: Classic American Architecture for Contemporary Living
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.13 (584 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1939621933 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-11-08 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Award-winning architect Patrick Ahearn treats readers to an exclusive tour of the timeless classical homes he’s created in some of New England’s most affluent communities, along the way revealing the unique, site-sensitive philosophy, point of view and principles that allow him to seamlessly balance preservation with innovation and have made him one of the region’s most sought-after and successful residential designers.
About the Author Celebrated as one of America’s top classical architects, Patrick Ahearna Fellow of the American Institute of Architectsbegan his career with ambitious adaptive-reuse public projects, and for the past 25 years has focused primarily on historically motivated, site-sensitive private residences in New England. Raised in Levittown, New York, and based in Boston for the past four decades, he received degrees in architecture and urban design from Syracuse University. Today, he oversees a firm of 12 designers working in studios in Boston’s Back Bay and in Edgartown, on Martha’s Vineyard.
Raised in Levittown, New York, and based in Boston for the past four decades, he received degrees in architecture and urban design from Syracuse University. Today, he oversees a firm of 12 designers working in studios in Boston’s Back Bay and in Edgartown, on Martha’s Vineyard. Celebrated as one of America’s top c