EXPOSÉE: Extraordinary Residences of International Award-Winning Texas Architects
Photography by: Timothy Hursley
Timelessly Chronicled in Latest Edition of Historic Exhibitionary Hardcover Book Series.
Newly released oversized, museum-quality tome, New View: A Curated Visual Gallery – 20 Magnificent Homes by Texas Architects exhibits the talents of 2024 AIA Gold Medalist Ted Flato, Steve Raike, Kevin Alter, John Grable, and more. A pictorial tour-de-force, the grand capsulized volume, part of a groundbreaking and historic series, articulates the very essence of the Texas environment, style, and sensibility – and pays homage to the rich architectural tradition of the Lone Star state.
Texas joins California, the Northeastern U.S., and Florida as the latest region catalogued in the at once trending and historic New View series of residential architecture.
Featuring a foreword by the esteemed John Grable, FAIA, New View: A Curated Visual Gallery – 20 Magnificent Homes by Texas Architects designates, elevates, and memorializes the state’s most celebrated and authentic architects and their diverse, place-based designs.
As Grable shares: “In the pages [of this book,] we’ll see architectural projects as diverse as Texas itself. Following in the footsteps of their predecessors [...], the designers in this book represent a long history of humble people who desired to create something new, while respecting those who came before them.”
The latest publication unveiled by culture and publishing house benton buckley books follows the curatorial acclaim of best-selling design book modish: the book of great design, also edited by principal publisher Beth Buckley.
Mesmerizing photography capturing the elegance of urban or rustic life is balanced with poignant interludes of rich and personal story-telling, cultural heritage, philosophy and perspective. A meticulously curated collection designed to enchant, New View overflows with stunning portraits of real homes by celebrity and world-renowned architects. Part anthropological and part declarative, the illustrious pages express a pioneering sense of place. The dynamic and diverse ensemble of homes conveys a uniquely Texan sensibility: where lavishness is rugged, and opulent grandeur can still feel homey.
Romantic editorial and gorgeous imagery gently persuade the reader that we are indeed shaped by the structures we choose to inhabit. As Chad Oppenheim reminds in his foreword to the Florida volume: “Residential architecture tells the story of where we are as a civilization.”
In his inspired Introduction, Kevin Alter writes, “The homes presented in this collection are particularly noteworthy in the ways that they transform both the shape of the built environment and the individuals who inhabit it. In a fast paced world where omnipresent digital technology appears to pull us toward an immaterial and placeless future, here are moments of stasis; of a carefully constructed world where place and material matters. Many of these buildings are exceptionally poised, intensely smart, and beautifully detailed; and together, they present the opportunity to see how architecture can elevate the lives of the people who live in them.”
New View: Texas features Kevin Alter & Ernesto Cragnolino & Tim Whitehill, Burton Baldridge, Christy Blumenfeld, Harris Briggs, Tim Cuppett, Steve Raike & Ted Flato,, Jeff Garnett, John Grable, Mell Lawrence, Denisse Hudock, Jenna Janson & Christi Luter, Joel Gallegos, Josh Jones, Laura Juarez Baggett, Brian Korte, Stephen V. Levy & John & Bibiana Dykema, Don McDonald, Craig McMahon, Clint Pearson, and Tobin Smith.
Beth Buckley – curator and principal publisher of culture and publishing house benton buckley books, – shares that hardcover collections on the Southwestern and Midwestern U.S. are forthcoming and that Dubai, Australia, and other regionally distinctive editions will debut shortly thereafter. The complete series promises to be the premier capsule anthology of home.
New View: A Curated Visual Gallery – Twenty Magnificent Homes by Texas Architects is available on bentonbuckleybooks.com, Amazon.com, independent bookstores and more.
Book Details
Title: New View: A Curated Visual Gallery – Twenty Magnificent Homes by Texas Architects
Pages: 344 | Dimensions: 13.25 x 10 inches | Hardcover Price: $55
ISBN: 979-8987339107
Publisher: benton buckley books | Distributor: Independent Publishers Group
About the Author: Beth Buckley is a renowned curator, tastemaker, and founding publisher. Beth is fiercely devoted to bringing authentic, diverse, bold voices together to convey the timeless essence of a genre in the luxurious format of a book. She has published countless award-winning titles.
About the Publisher: benton buckley books is an exhibitionary publishing house and art and culture storyteller. Museum-quality hardcover coffee-table books unite the connoisseur and the creative, introduce the aficionado to the artist, and capture beauty with permanence, legacy, and sophistication.
About the Distributor: Independent Publishers Group.
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