The New Old House presents eighteen residences in the United States, Puerto Rico, and United kingdom - their origins back from decades to centiries - and reveals the ingenious ways architects have rethought and reinvented them for today's world. Addressing such considerations as sustainability, preservation, multiculturalism, and style, The New Old House demonstrates that - whether home is a cottage or a castle - the timeless charms of history can unite comfortably, elegantly, and effectively with the pleasure and needsof contemporary living.
