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[PDF] An English Vision: Traditional



            Architecture and Decoration for


            Today by BEN PENTREATH,The Earl



            of Moray






            Pentreath is renowned as one of the foremost designers of new traditional buildings and country houses in
            the world. In celebration of his London-based firm’s twentieth anniversary, Pentreath presents his
            authentically, yet playfully, classical approach. This is the first of Pentreath’s books to present his own
            output in its entirety—from his personal residences in Dorset, London, and Scotland that brought him
            international fame to many old and new houses that he has designed and some of the larger, town-scaled
            projects that make his practice unique in the world of traditional design. Although the results range from his
            colorful and romantic versions of the English country cottage to traditional splendor, there are underlying
            ideas that inform the breadth of his output—a sense of scale, proportion, craft, detail, sustainability, and
            appropriateness—that have a universal relevance today. Pentreath has authored as well as taken all
            photographs in this book, which looks at some thirty case studies, large and small, including many
            previously unpublished works. The designs encompass an understanding of materials, texture, classical and
            vernacular detail, color, richness, and simplicity by turn—as exemplified in both sumptuous and honest
            interiors, grand country houses, and pragmatically organized town plans. While being steeped in a learned
            classicism, Pentreath’s work is celebrated by young and old around the world, as exemplified by his
            coverage in major media outlets.
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