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Title: Suburban Renewal: Transforming Standard Capes, Ranches, and Builders' Colonials into Classic Homes by Tom Connor ISBN: 0-670-89217-3 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Take plain houses and make them ugly
Comment: With a few exceptions, the houses in this book were made into ghastly Modernist homes, or were so overdone as to not be viable to any but the rich. I do not recommend this book.
Rating: 3
Summary: All it takes is time, money and labor--and inspiration
Comment: Here's what happens when you take a typical post-WWII American suburban home, add some design ingenuity, a lot of labor and a ton of money: you get a unique, livable and classy home. At least that's what's shown in this book--though I wish some of the homes had more photos and detailed floor plans.
Rating: 4
Summary: Inspired for the tired
Comment: This is not an academic dissertation on the downfall of American suburbs - there are plenty of sources for those. This book for most readers is something better. I found it to be a fresh look at what is being done to bring life and inspiration for the tired,neglected, and typically dull field of "ranch house" renovations. As an architect I see this book as a great primer and visual starting point for people who don't believe good design can transform the ordinary (suburban box) into something Special. The Designers and Architects who shared their work with Mr. Connor for the book should be commended for tackling a seemingly simple but actually challenging design problem.
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Title: Ranches: Design Ideas for Renovating, Remodeling, and Building New by M. Caren Connolly, Louis Wasserman ISBN: 1561584371 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Ranch House Style by Katherine Samon ISBN: 060960628X Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $37.50 |
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Title: Capes: Design Ideas for Renovating, Remodeling and Building New by Jane Gitlin ISBN: 1561584363 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Architectural Plans for Adding On or Remodeling by Jerold L. Axelrod ISBN: 0830639292 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 01 April, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Additions: Design Ideas for Great American Houses by Fine Homebuilding, Kevin Ireton ISBN: 1561586552 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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