Yankee Modern

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ISBN: 9781568988177
English edition
Princeton Architectural Press
Hardcover, 168 pages
20,3 x 25,4 cm
colour/black & white
October 2009
€30,00 (excl. VAT)

Yankee Modern

The Houses of Estes/Twombly

William Morgan

Architects James Estes and Peter Twombly have described their nearly two decades of work as “quiet modernism.” Their Rhode Island-based firm, Estes/Twombly Architects, builds modestly sized and geometrically precise houses that are unique to their New England locale without being style-driven. These award-winning homes reflect the area’s strong architectural heritage – white cedar shingles, sliding barn doors, standing-seam metal roofs – without being derivative. Yankee Modern features ten elegant houses in Rhode Island and Connecticut that are moderate in scale and budget yet quietly large in ambition.