Destined to become a valuable reference for builders, contractors, homeowners, and homebuyers, this comprehensive guide describes the essential elements of a house, how they work together, and how to use them appropriately. It also shows how to avoid common mistakes during the design and construction process. Nearly 1,000 meticulous line drawings illustrate errors to avoid and correct approaches to use when designing the components of a house. It’s also a rich source of inspiration and pleasure for armchair architects, design enthusiasts, and everyone who appreciates a beautiful building.

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America and the U. S. Area Office of Habitat for Humanity International have embarked upon a national collaboration, with architects selected jointly by the ICA&CA and Habitat, to design Habitat homes that fit within the context of both local communities and regional architectural traditions. More than building new affordable houses, Habitat for Humanity International’s mission is to help people build new lives.

Available through the ICA&CA. Contact info@classicist.org

Between the years 1906–1914, New York architect Frank M. Snyder published Building Details, a serial produced in twelve parts over eight years. This new edition features 120 plates of architectural details showing the work of many of America’s foremost practitioners working in the earlier part of the last century. The accompanying CD contains printable versions of the plates. The reprint volume includes a new Introduction by ICA&CA Members Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker.

James ‘Athenian’ Stuart and Nicholas Revett’s monumental Antiquities of Athens was the first accurate survey of ancient Greek architecture ever completed. Based on precise measured drawings done between 1751 and 1754, these books set a new standard for archaeological investigation in the 18th century. They transformed our understanding of Greek architecture and by pointing up differences between Greek and Roman examples fundamentally challenged prevailing notions about a universal classical ideal, and fueled the Greek Revival movement that dominated British, European, and American architecture and design for over a century. This new edition includes all plates from the original masterwork.

With the revival of interest in traditional design, practitioners, students, and historians have begun to study and use the vocabulary of forms that so enriched our architectural heritage. None are as ubiquitous as mouldings, yet an in-depth analysis of them has been absent. This book fills an important gap in the current discourse of building.