Product Overview
From Follett
Includes bibliographical references.;On location : Sundance -- Winery estate map -- Bond Estate Winery -- Harlan Winery offices -- Harlan Estate Winery -- Winery residence -- Futo Estate Winery -- Backen residence -- Lede Estate map -- Cliff Lede Winery -- Yountville Hillhouse -- Stags Leap residence -- Silverado residence -- Napa Valley residence -- Oakville Winery -- Yountville Estate -- Ovid Estate map -- Ovid Estate Winery -- Pritchard Hill residence -- Soda Canyon residence -- Kenzo Estate Winery -- Diamond Mountain residence -- St. Helena residence -- St. Helena map -- The Napa Valley Reserve -- Dana Estate Winery -- Edge Hill Winery -- Marciano Estate Winery -- Witt Barn -- St. Helena farmhouse -- Press Restaurant -- Larkmead Estate Winery -- Calistoga horse ranch -- Calistoga residence -- Solage Calistoga -- Dancing Hares residence -- Ram's Gate Winery -- MacMurray Ranch -- Alexander's Crown residence -- Paul Hobbs Winery -- Esperanza -- Woodside residence -- Sister's residence -- Belvedere residence -- RH Galleries -- Points of reference : French Blue -- St. Helena office -- Sausalito office -- Response to what is given : Delancey Street -- Afterword -- The 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"--Jacket.
From the Publisher
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.