Architectural Inspiration : Styles, Details and Sources

Aspen Home

Delivers a wide-ranging survey of styles, fixtures, and architectural elements, capped off with a source guide of hard-to-find high-end building materials.

Escarpment Views - Gloria Hildebrandt

This massive style guide is more than a dream-and-inspiration book.... For viewers who enjoy looking at other people's houses and interiors, thisiis a treasure trove of large, beautiful photographs.... If you're not sure what your personal design style is, this book can help you identify it.

Globe and Mail

[A] visual feast of more than 3,000 colour photographs ... A dream browse for anyone renovating a home or even thinking about it.

CanWest Wire Service

Loaded with products, shots and sources, including many by Canadian manufacturers.

Globe and Mail - Cecily Ross

More than the usual coffee table 'deco porn' ... it offers inspiration and a whole lot more.

Globe and Mail - Carolyn Leitch

An impressively detailed resource that covers architectural styles, details and sources.

Canadian House and Home

A terrific North American source of residential design ideas as useful to the seasoned designer as to the homeowner.

Luxury Remodeling Supplement (Sil Home and Design

A comprehensive sourcebook ... Profiles on featured homes keep the book from reading too much like an encyclopedia.

Star Phoenix (Saskatoon) - Bill Robertson

For sheer volume of product and possibility when its comes to choosing or designing a gate, a window, a bathroom, or a roof, this book has an inspiration for nearly every occasion.

New York Living (Buyer's Guide 2008)

This useful reference is like having a vast array of catalogs from building resources that has been carefully and thoughtfully edited and organized for inspired homeowners, interior designers, and residential architects.

Winnipeg Free Press - Gerald Flood

This big and beautiful book is for folks who want to make big and beautiful homes or renovations -- and want to do so methodically... For those who can afford such dreams, this is the perfect one-stop shop in a book.

The Gazette (Montreal) - Cheryl Cornacchia

An excellent volume showcasing more than 70 homes.

Style at Home

This well-illustrated guide, which includes many Canadian sources, will help you define your style and choose materials and finishes to personalize your home.

Kitchen & Bath Design News

[This] broad source guide is a bevy of information for the professional designer, architect or builder.... What sets the text apart from similar books, though, is the sheer volume of products. Skinulis and Christopher cover a wide array of topics thoughtfully and comprehensively.... The authors' notes feature a no-nonsense approach about the products, their uses, benefits and drawbacks.... Ultimately, Architectural Inspiration succeeds as a competent, clear and valuable design text for any design professional in search of products and design inspiration.

The Bloomsbury Review - Michael J. Albert

Architectural Inspiration is just that: inspiring... The book is graced from cover to cover with exquisite color images of unbelievable homes and architectural details.... Architectural Inspiration is a great addition to an architecture lover's library and a must-read for anyone who is planning to build soon. Those who have recently built a home will be overcome with fixture envy.

The Calgary Herald - CanWest Wire

Ideal for seasoned designers, architects, builders, renovators and for those considering building a dream home of their own ... [Skinulis and Christopher] have produced an excellent volume showcasing the beautiful interiors and exteriors of more than 70 homes.... loaded with products, shots and sources.

REM (Real Estate Market) (Alberta)

Gorgeous ... crammed with design ideas and sources.... A good mix of Canadian and U.S. styles and ideas.... For anyone who loves houses or is planning a renovation or new home -- and could use a little inspiration -- this book fits the bill.

Canadian Contractor - Frank Condron

A feast for the eyes and a valuable resource tool.... Architectural Inspiration deserves a place on your coffee table.... Packed with often stunning photos of exceptional homes and design features from across North America, the book is nothing short of a celebration of residential construction and interior design at its best [and] a handy source book for contractors and renovators.... The painstaking detail with which Skinulis and Christopher explore the options available in the realm of residential construction and design is quite stunning. [The book] leaves no stone unturned [and] showcases just how beautiful the art of construction and design can be.

Reno & Décor - Patrick Tivy

There are plenty of gorgeous pictures of beautiful rooms we expect in a d?cor book, but also loads of detailed information. One page is devoted to types of house numbers, two pages to different ceiling fans, while fireplaces get four. The book is truly an inspiration.

Chicago Tribune-City, Colorado Springs Gazette - L.S.

[A] hefty, comprehensive, gorgeously illustrated tome that delivers what its tagline promises... This is one of the most thorough and well-researched source books on products and materials on the market.

The Chronicle-Journal - Linda Turk

It's the first book to examine residential architecture and design elements from both the creative and practical perspectives.... The result is a complete design inventory (and wish book).... A fabulous book.

The Vancouver Sun - Kim Pemberton

A great source book for home renovators, designers and architects. This practical guide not only gives you plenty of ideas about materials and services but tells you where to go to locate them.... The book's big advantage, of course, is insider's information on that hard-to-find custom detail that won't be found off the shelf and helps to make a home one-of-a-kind.

The Edmonton Journal - Lisa Skoline

[This] hefty, comprehensive, gorgeously illustrated tome...delivers wht its tagline promises: "styles, details and sources." Save yourself the time of running from store to store or surfing the web blind; this is one of the most thorough and well-researched source books on products and materials on the market.

American Reference Books Annual 2008 - John Laurence Kelland

Inspiration is the key word here in this book title as the authors present an expansive variety of ideas for homeowners, interior designers, and residential architects through large, handsome color photographs of over 70 custom-built homes.... Although there are an endless number of interior design books on the market, the etailed product photographs -- such as 10 pages showing different finishes of wood flooring -- are what set this book apart... This book will become a favorite resource for anyone wishing to design a unique and creative home to reflect individual tastes and interests.

Choice - P. Glassman

The greatest value lies in the product illustrations, which are numerous and varied.

BookNews

For anyone who is planning to build or remodel a home or those who just dream of it, this is the book to have at hand. Author Kinulis and photographer Christopher cover every aspect of home design outside of the basic architecture, including cladding and roofs....The photographs are beautiful and clear [and] while not everyone can afford a Chihuly chandelier, we can all revel in these wonderful examples of home design, using them as a guide for projects and daydreams.

Library Journal

Skinulis (Log Houses: Classics of the North) provides a comprehensive review of the products available for all areas of the home-from roofing materials to switch plates. For each area covered-exterior, doors, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, architectural details, lighting, and hardware-he includes a history of the material's use for domestic architecture, followed by color photographs of a sampling of the myriad options available, which will motivate readers to look for materials beyond the big-box home-improvement stores. Christopher (Tsar: The Lost World of Nicolas and Alexandra) offers up color photographs of homes throughout the United States and Canada depict a variety of styles, from colonial to modern. With its overview of North American domestic styles, this volume offers a historical perspective of architectural details and encourages an appreciation of those details so decorators can make informed choices. The 40-page resource guide covers manufacturers and suppliers of the products shown. Highly recommended for academic and public libraries.

—Gayle A. Williamson