"Your book takes my breath away - the photographs are stunning and the wealth of information contained between its covers will be invaluable as a reference source."

- Caney H.

"This book must have taken years to assemble and write - it really is special."

- Martha F.

Montclair, New Jersey

"Everyone in the family, especially my visiting granddaughter, has been pouring over it eagerly since it arrived. Not only is the book stunningly impressive, it is the ultimate guide to anyone considering building a house."

- Mr. and Mrs. Richard W.

"It looks like a "coffee table book" but dipping into it I have seen that it is really a major work of scholarship, a useful reference book, as well as, in its layout and pictures a work of art. Every time I pick it up I learn something new."

- Paul S.

Princeton University