Elegant rusticity meets unpretentious luxury in the work of this
award-winning architecture firm. Howard Backen, principal of the
architecture firm Backen, Gillam & Kroeger, is at the center of a
popular movement in home design that emphasizes elegant simplicity and
embraces the rustic charm of natural materials. This volume, the first
on his work and that of the firm, is an artful exploration of this
aesthetic, featuring farmhouses in the Napa Valley, hilltop homes,
seaside retreats, and lakeside hideaways. Throughout the work, a sense
of intimacy, warmth, and informality pervades. Natural materials, such
as wood, stone, and brick, form the foundations, walls, and ceilings of
these subtly luxurious spaces, while nature itself plays a considered
role that is at once complementary and also intricately conjoined with
the work. Sensitive, alluring, and wonderfully resonant with the
suggestion of invitation, the work of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger is
both thrilling to the eye and restorative to the soul.
From the Land: Backen, Gillam, & Kroeger Architects FREE DOWNLOAD
From the Land: Backen, Gillam, & Kroeger Architects FREE DOWNLOAD
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