A Timeless Place
A Timeless Place

Author: Julia Harrison

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0774826096

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As Julia Harrison's first summer of living in Ontario approached, she became aware of the culture of the cottage. Friends talked of nothing but languid afternoons on the dock, but Harrison marveled at the investment of money and labour that the idyllic escapes demanded. Curious about the rich and passionate meaning these places seemed to hold, she studied cottagers in the Haliburton region over the course of seven years. Thoughtfully and engagingly written, A Timeless Place considers the family cottage as a place where memories are treasured, national identity is celebrated, spiritual balance is restored, and a few dark secrets are kept.

The Timeless Way of Building
The Timeless Way of Building

Author: Christopher Alexander

Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 9780195024029

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This introductory volume to Alexander's other works, A Pattern of Language and The Oregon Experiment, explains concepts fundamental to his original approaches to the theory and application of architecture.

The Chosen Place, The Timeless People
The Chosen Place, The Timeless People

Author: Paule Marshall

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1984-09-12

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0394726332

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The chosen place is Bourneville, a remote, devastated part of a Caribbean island; the timeless people are its inhabitants—black, poor, inextricably linked to their past enslavement. When the advance team for an ambitious American research project arrives, the tense, ambivalent relationships that evolve, between natives and foreigners, black and whites, haves and have-nots, keenly dramatize the vicissitudes of power. “An important and moving book . . . Marshall is as wise as she is bold, for in compromising neither her politics nor her understanding of people, she makes better sense of both.”—Village Voice

Genius of Place
Genius of Place

Author: Justin Martin

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Published: 2011-05-31

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 0306818817

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This definitive, first full-scale biography of Olmsted--famed designer of New York's Central Park--reveals him also as a brilliant political and social reformer.

A Place to Call Home
A Place to Call Home

Author: James T. Farmer

Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Published: 2017-08-29

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1423645448

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The acclaimed interior designer combines rich tradition with modern sensibilities in this beautifully photographed book of homes across the deep South. James Farmer’s design firm works with clients across the South who want to turn their houses into homes. Now Farmer takes readers on a guided tour of eleven home projects—from makeovers to remodels and new construction—as he brings together a cultivated mix of high and low, storied and new, collected and found; presenting them all as a thoughtfully exhibited array of taste, style, good architecture, and interior comfort. Woven alongside beautiful photography of interiors and exteriors are personal stories James shares about living in the South, the people in his life, and how he fell in love with home design. A Place to Call Home is a beautiful book to inspire Southern style at home―infusing the new with antique, vintage, and heirloom pieces.

Way Below the Angels
Way Below the Angels

Author: Craig Harline

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2014-08-14

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 080287150X

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When Craig Harline set off on his two-year Mormon mission to Belgium in the 1970s, he had big dreams of doing miracles, converting the masses, and coming home a hero. What he found instead was a lot of rain and cold, one-sentence conversations with irritated people, and silly squabbles with fellow missionaries-- a range of experiences that nothing, including his own missionary training, had prepared him for. He also found a wealth of friendships with fellow Mormons as well as unconverted locals and, along the way, gained insights that would shape the rest of his life.

Timeless
Timeless

Author: Patrick Ahearn

Publisher: Oro Editions

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 9781939621931

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"Timeless reveals how Patrick Ahearn's historically motivated, human-scaled designs have advanced the art of place-making in some of America's most affluent and storied destinations. Whether carefully restoring century-old landmarked townhouses in Boston's Back Bay or creating new homes that reimagine the local vernacular of Martha's Vineyard, Ahearn demonstrates an unparalleled ability to combine the romance of traditional architecture with the ideals of modernism. With his work, he sensitively balances preservation with innovation to make buildings that feel truly timeless."--Jacket.