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From The Land: The Architecture of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger

By Daniel P. Gregory, Foreword by Diane Keaton

Sale price$90.00


WHY WE LOVE IT

From the Land showcases the stunning portfolio of award-winning Napa-based architects led by Howard Backen, one of the most admired and influential architects in the U.S. today.  The beautiful book is filled with large images of unmatched architecture, from wineries to seaside retreats, that make it feel as if you have stepped onto the properties yourself.  Backen is at the center of the popular home design movement that emphasizes comfort over pretension and elegant simplicity over complication.  The land and surrounding nature play a significant role inspiring the structures the firm creates to ensure harmony with the land.  The firm not only seeks to incorporate high levels of sustainability, but also create spaces intended for people to connect in a unique and soulful way.  Their work is both thrilling to the eye and restorative to the soul.

DETAILS

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.

  • Published by Rizzoli
  • Hardcover
  • 456 pages
  • Approximately 11.4" x 1.7" x 13.3"
SKU: 9780847840779
From The Land-The Architecture of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger-by Daniel P. Gregory, foreword by Diane Keaton, published by Rizzoli-Hardcover Coffee Table Book-Front Cover
From The Land: The Architecture of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger Sale price$90.00