New Book, Homes & Courtyards,
Explores Recent Architectural Innovations
in Outdoor-Indoor Living
Award-winning California architect Bassenian/Lagoni celebrates 28 beautifully designed homes that connect outdoors with indoors.
Newport Beach, Calif. (December 6, 2007) Homes & Courtyards, the third and most recent publication from California-based Bassenian/Lagoni Architects, explores the latest major trend in new-home design in the United States: the integration of indoor and outdoor living. The 160-page coffee table book is intended as a planner, design guide and wish book for residential architects, designers and their clientele.
Subtitled 28 Beautifully Designed Homes for Outdoor Living, the newest Bassenian/Lagoni book takes readers on an in-depth photographic and narrative tour of 23 new homes in communities exhibiting exceptional indoor/outdoor relationships. Homes & Courtyards also offers a peek at five other, soon-to-be-completed communities worldwide that demonstrate this same sense of connectivity, as Chairman and CEO Aram Bassenian, AIA, describes it. Read more...
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The Province (Indian Wells, Calif.): The side courtyard brings a sense of serenity that extends beyond the outdoor living area to the public and informal rooms, which wrap the outside space.
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The Lakes (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.): Framed by a parabolic arch, the forecourt provides an inviting processional to the formal entry. A row of clerestory windows, underscored by a barrel-tile roof, helps define the forward loggia.
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The Tides (Newport Coast, Calif.): An open foyer overlooks this central courtyard, which functions as an outdoor living area, linked to wine cellar and wine tasting room via French doors.
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Altamura (Laguna Hills, Calif.) Cloud-white clapboard siding sets off a central brick gable on this classic Northeastern elevation. An intimate sitting area softens the transition to the street and invites interaction with passers-by.
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Shady Canyon Residence (Irvine, Calif.): An olive tree casts shadows on the quiet side terrace and herb garden, where architectural forms of stone and tile step into the landscape.
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Montanez at Covenant Hills-Residence Three (Ladera Ranch, Calif.): A sleek metal pavilion adds dimension and definition to the rear courtyard. Sight lines extend through an informal alfresco eating area and the covered courtyard to the formal dining room.
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Montanez at Covenant Hills-Residence Three (Ladera Ranch, Calif.): An inviting extension of the upper floor plan, the second-floor veranda inspires fidelity to outdoor living, the enjoyment of fresh air and a love of the natural environment.
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Aram Bassenian, author of Homes & Courtyards: 28 Homes for Outdoor Living and chairman and chief executive officer of one of the countrys largest residential architecture firms, Bassenian/Lagoni Architects in Newport Beach, California. Aram Bassenian has spent more than three decades defining how Americans live.
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While the American home increasingly functions as a refuge from the frenetic pace of the workaday world, Americans want to do more than simply stay inside our homes, Bassenian comments.
We also want a sense of connectivity to the surrounding land. As a consequence, the veranda, the central courtyard, the patio, the garden have all become vital elements at the core of home design. The best designs blend inside with outside in an inventive way that enhances our daily enjoyment of both.
Offering dozens of stunning photographs, floor plans, and site layouts, plus descriptive text, Home & Courtyards celebrates a wide assortment of housing styles and types. Included are:
a Tuscan-inspired, ocean-view home in Newport Coast, Calif.;
a formal Italian villa in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.;
two quintessential courtyard homes in Indian Wells, Calif.;
a wine country contemporary residence in Paso Robles, Calif.
a metal-roofed, Old Florida home in Tampa Bay;
a front-porch seaboard colonial in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
In addition, Elements of Design sections, strategically placed throughout the book, allow readers to explore the architectural details and design processes that make these showcase homes and their outdoor areas so powerful.
Bassenian/Lagoni has published two other books that documented the changing face of American housing over the past decade: Pure California and Tuscan and Andalusian Reflections. Homes & Courtyards, which lists for $34.95 in the United States and $49.95 in Canada, is available at major book retailers and on Amazon.com.
BASSENIAN/LAGONI ARCHITECTS is an architectural and land planning firm specializing in the design of sought-after places to live, work and play. With a staff of over 140 people in Newport Beach, Calif., and in Eugene, Ore., BLA ranks among the largest residential design firms in the United States. Its expertise encompasses a broad range of residential design, including conventional single-family detached, high-density single-family detached, townhomes, condominiums, apartments, senior housing and resort communities. BLA also provides services as lead architect for master-planned communities, land planning, architectural and planning guidelines as well as housing design prototypes.
ARAM BASSENIAN, AIA: Devoted to design excellence, Aram Bassenian has more than 35 years of architectural practice and is still an active leader of the firm today. He received Professional Builder magazines Professional Achievement Award for highly marketable housing designs, and the Max C. Tipton Award for Marketing Excellence. An active supporter of HomeAid, he has worked as Editorial Director for all three Bassenian/Lagoni publications.
CARL LAGONI, AIA: Carl Lagoni is in charge of all aspects of day-to-day operations at Bassenian/Lagoni. His passion for meeting client challenges with innovative design concepts and unparalleled service helps set the standard for professionalism and integrity in the field of residential architecture. In addition, Lagoni fine-tunes and refines many of Bassenian/Lagonis award-winning designs. His keen eye for detail and marketability has helped the firm garner an unprecedented number of industry awards. As a member of the National Association of Home Builders and the Senior Housing Council, Lagoni influences the housing industry at a national, as well as a local and regional level.
For more information on the new Homes and Courtyards and Bassenian/Lagoni Architects, contact Heather McCune at hmccune@bassenianlagoni.com; 949-553-9100, ext. 245.
