House Paparazzi; with Loving Craftsmanship, Builder Created a Customized Not-so-Big House; Quality Not Quantity

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › November 30, 2007

Linked as:

Summary

Sometimes, a man just has to build his house.

He does so for the technical challenge of customizing everything from windows to roof trusses; for the satisfaction of seeing how the radius of the half-circle deck reflects that of the arched brackets supporting the roof above; to polish by hand the hickory woodwork; to see the appreciation reflected in a visitor's first glance.

See the full content of this document

Extract

House Paparazzi; with Loving Craftsmanship, Builder Created a Customized Not-so-Big House; Quality Not Quantity

Peter Oster saw the house that he just had to build. It was designed by Michaela Mahady, of the new urbanism school of architecture, which emphasizes smaller houses with fine details, built in walkable communities. He found it in the seminal book "The Not ...

See the full content of this document