The Distinctive Home
A vision of timeless design
Paperback $24.95
Paperback 9-1/4 x 10-7/8 in. in. 240 pages , with color photos and drawings pages
Published 2006 ISBN 978-1-56158-739-1 Product #070801
What is it about some houses that makes us long to live there while others leave us cold? What is it, in other words, that makes a house distinctive? Leading residential architect Jeremiah Eck identifies the four key elements that can turn an ordinary house into a memorable home: good siting, well-designed floor plans, elegant exterior forms, and details that transmit an enduring sense of quality, warmth, and character. While each of these ingredients alone can elevate a house from mundane to noteworthy, when considered together the result is a truly distinctive dwelling. The Distinctive Home will teach you how to...
- Make the most of the site you have, whether it's in a suburban development or woodsy stretch
- Develop floor plans to use space in a way that reflects how you really live
- Transform a purely functional space into an inspired interior by stylizing elements, such a stairs and cabinets
- Understand what you like in a home and communicate why you like it
-- Witold Rybczynski, author of Home and The Look of Architecture
"Jeremiah Eck is a gifted architect who has thought long and fruitfully about how people today really use their houses, and about how a house may best be fitted to the land, the view, the sun, and the neighbors, while retaining the enduring qualities that make a house a home."
-- Robert Campbell, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, The Boston Globe
"Jeremiah Eck's book opens wide the doors of perception for all those who love to design and build houses-architects and clients alike can benefit from Eck's talent and experience. He is a teacher who helps us create houses that speak eloquently about place and proprietorship. Every would-be house builder should read this book."
-- Robert A.M. Stern, Dean, Yale School of Architecture
About the author
Jeremiah Eck, a passionate advocate for better-designed homes, is a principal of Jeremiah Eck Architects, Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a former lecturer in architecture at the Harvard Design School, and a landscape painter.
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