“Today, the best traditional architects are renewing time-tested traditions in new old houses meant for the present. These traditions are constantly evolving. Rather than being dead, historical leftovers, they are living customs, each with a fascinating tale of birth, evolution and renewal over time. Today, we are simply adding new pages to the story.”

-- Russell Versaci, author of "Roots of Home: Our Journey to a New Old House"

David Brussat: The history of the new old house

by DAVID BRUSSAT

Good architects have always invented within the rules, respected the character of place, and built for the ages with natural materials. Half a century ago, ...

...however, modern architecture interrupted the organic evolution of architecture. Until a respect for traditional styles returns to the profession, Versaci’s pillars offer shortcuts that make up for the knack that practitioners have lost or the aging of housing stock that modernism has aborted. >>> Read More

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