This ultimate renovation guide identifies hundreds of parts of a house to help home owners understand the elements of construction, decorative detail and convey ideas to suppliers, contractors, or designers. B & W illustrations throughout.

What elevates a house to best-of-class status? Find out in this insider's look at more than fifty award-winning homes designed by nearly three dozen A plus American architects. Regardless of their size or design style, the best new and remodeled homes share common traits. They deliver eminently livable space that can accommodate nearly any lifestyle event. They respect and relate to the natural environment. They take on the personalities of their owners. And they are works of art that no one will ever want to tear down--the ultimate test of sustainability. Comprehensive in scope, this book profiles a wide variety of extraordinary homes--from urban infill to custom homes, suburban remodels, seaside cottages, and subdivision housing. It distills their broad patterns and refined details into practical lessons with endless applications, making it an inspirational guide for designers, builders, and anyone planning their own dream home.

These personal essays explore the meaning of "house" one piece at a time, inviting readers to consider their own responses to this common feature of human existence.

"In 1644, the University of Copenhagen established its first anatomical theatre. In addition to the instruction of students, research was also carried out in the Anatomy House. Here Thomas Bartholin, the Professor of Anatomy, demonstrated the thoracic duct and later the lymphatic vessels in a human being, an achievement that has brought him fame. In 1662 Thomas Bartholin published A Short Description of the Anatomy House in Copenhagen, which meticulously describes the layout of the Anatomy House alongside the first eighteen years of its history. This volume presents Bartholin's book for the first time in English, as well as the original Latin text, enabling a broader audience to draw on its various and detailed accounts. A commentary and an introduction as well as a rich body of illustrations make this edition a valuable resource for historians of medicine" -- Publisher's website.

"This book is an attempt to take apart and describe the constituent parts of a typical one to two family house ... I have tried to explain, in the most general terms, a building's basic anatomy; but just as no two people are exactly alike, so are houses seldom identical, although share a similar framework and have been constructed on similar principles. Therefore your mullions and muntins may not be quite as I have drawn them, but the chances are that you will have some, and will be able to recognize them from what is written here. Also, while I have tried to include everything that might be part of a house's construction, not everything here will be found in a single house - so you may look in vain for your cricket or conrice return, but you will know them when you see them in another house. ... While this book refers to smaller houses, much of the information is pertinent to dwellings in general, including flats, apartment buildings, and institutional residences. (However, it must be borne in mind that the reverse is not necessarily true; there are some features of very large buildings not mentioned here.)..."--Preface.