New Classicists Appleton Associates Architects

"Appleton & Associates Architects features a selection of projects by the firm, including a working olive ranch in California, a grand estate in Los Angeles inspired by a Renaissance Tuscan-style villa, a quintessential 'Hollywood' house that includes a glamorous pool pavilion and of course a superb staircase to make the all-important entrance, and a writer's pavilion in Connecticut that would charm any writer."--BOOK JACKET.

- The Classicist No. 15, focused upon Southern California, is dedicated to presenting the best in scholarship related to the classical architectural tradition in this region The Classicist is an annual journal dedicated to the classical tradition in architecture and the allied arts. Focused on Southern California, the Classicist No. 15 explores the region's rich architectural history as well as contemporary examples of classical design through professional and student portfolios and academic articles authored by leaders within the field. Contributors include Guest Editor Marc Appleton of Appleton Partners LLP; Stefanos Polyzoides of Moule & Polyzoides; Bret Parsons of Pacific Union International; Elizabeth A. Logan of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West; and Robert Winter, former Professor of History of Ideas at Occidental College. Contents: 1.) Letter from the Editor by Marc Appleton; 2.) Preamble: The Panama-California Exposition of 1915 by Marc Appleton; 3.) Bertram Goodhue and the Architecture of Caltech, 1915 to 1939 by Stefanos Polyzoides; 4.) Southern California's American Riviera: Spanish Mediterranean Residential Architecture, 1920s-1930s by Bret Parsons; 5.) Mythologies of the Suburban City Beautiful: Palos Verdes of the 1920s by Elizabeth Logan; 6.) Myron Hunt at Occidental College by Robert Winter; 7.) Civic Architecture in Southern California: Pasadena City Hall and The Santa Barbara County Courthouse by Marc Appleton; 8.) Professional Portfolio; 9.) Academic Portfolio; 10.) Appendices; 11.) Sponsors.

An essential toolkit for understanding architecture as both art form and the setting for our everyday lives We spend most of our days and nights in buildings, living and working and sometimes playing. Buildings often overawe us with their beauty. Architecture is both setting for our everyday lives and public art form—but it remains mysterious to most of us. In How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski, one of our best, most stylish critics and winner of the Vincent Scully Prize for his architectural writing, answers our most fundamental questions about how good—and not-so-good—buildings are designed and constructed. Introducing the reader to the rich and varied world of modern architecture, he takes us behind the scenes, revealing how architects as different as Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, and Robert A. M. Stern envision and create their designs. He teaches us how to "read" plans, how buildings respond to their settings, and how the smallest detail—of a stair balustrade, for instance—can convey an architect's vision. Ranging widely from a war memorial in London to an opera house in St. Petersburg, from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., to a famous architect's private retreat in downtown Princeton, How Architecture Works, explains the central elements that make up good building design. It is an enlightening humanist's toolkit for thinking about the built environment and seeing it afresh. "Architecture, if it is any good, speaks to all of us," Rybczynski writes. This revelatory book is his grand tour of architecture today.

- Companion to the popular New Classicists series, which includes books by Ken Tate and William T. Baker. New Classicists series has strong appeal to the public, representing a luxurious classical style in which many of us would like to live - Includes foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales - Introduction by Paul Gunther, President of The Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America - Phenomenal source of classical architecture detailing, with plans, photographs and descriptive text - Contains a wealth of ideas for architects, landscape architects, builder, home renovators and people who like to dream This book offers an enticing glimpse of the exquisite work of Dinyar Wadia. While remaining loyal to traditional classical design, Wadia's finely detailed residences display a remarkable versatility and adaptability within the classical language of architecture. His work is characterized by a passion for excellent detailing, use of fine material and exceptional workmanship, always emphasizing the integral relationship between the home and its surrounding landscape. As revealed in the breathtaking array of homes featured in this volume, each residence is distinctive for its refined elegance and seamless incorporation into the landscape. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. Introduction by Paul Gunther, President of The Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America. Also available: The Fine Art of Designing a Home: Wadia Associates ISBN 9781864708738

Marking the centennial of the 1916 establishment of a professional program, Pedagogy and Place is the definitive text on the history of the Yale School of Architecture. Robert A. M. Stern, current dean of the school, and Jimmy Stamp examine its growth and change over the years, and they trace the impact of those who taught or studied there, as well as the architecturally significant buildings that housed the program, on the evolution of architecture education at Yale. Owing to the impressive number of notable practitioners who have attended or been affiliated with the school, this book also contributes a history, beyond Yale, of the architecture profession in the twentieth century. Featuring extensive archival research and illuminating firsthand accounts from alumni, faculty, and administrators, this well-rounded and engaging narrative is richly illustrated with historic photos of the school and its studios, images of student work, and important architectural achievements on and off campus.

William T. Baker is a name synonymous across North America with quality architecture and luxury living

A fresh perspective on the work of the most important figures of classical design from the seventeenth century to the present. Classical design employs a rich language developed across twenty-five centuries and many cultures. It is a language of details understood worldwide, with its powerful vocabulary of subtle nuance and inflection. Classical Interiors: Historical and Contemporary, a spectacular presentation of the myriad varieties of classical forms, demonstrates the enduring lessons of traditional interiors for designers and architects today. Extensively illustrated essays devoted to the development of classical design, from its ancient sources through its revivals from the seventeenth century to the present day, are written by noted historians David Watkin and Carol A. Hrvol Flores and architect and designer Richard Sammons. Portfolios of contemporary projects present the award-winning work of Juan Pablo Molyneux, Studio Peregalli, Quinlan & Francis Terry, Fairfax & Sammons, Gil Schafer, Historical Concepts, Ferguson & Shamamian, Allan Greenberg, Robert A. M. Stern, and many others. Classical Interiors: Historical and Contemporary is the authoritative survey of the best of classical design.