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Robert A. M. Stern: 1993-1998

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Bob Stern is probably America's greatest living architect, and this book covers his best projects yet. If you're sick of modernist boredom and post-modern silliness, this neotraditionalist architect is a breath of fresh air. Of course, he also proves he can do modern styles better than most modernists. He did a building in my neighborhood and everyone loves it. This book is beautifully photographed and has useful text.

Robert Stern is a master of the grand traditional American mansion. His homes fit in so well with the surrounding homes in these old beautiful neighborhoods. His homes are done with such elegance and taste and he really understands how a house effects the enviroment around it. His mansions, though often grand, have a sensitivity to their surroundings that are often not evident in homes by similar architects. I know of an estate he designed in the Preston Hollow neighborhood in Dallas, and it even though it is enourmous, it fits into the North Dallas landscape beautifully and it looks like it has been there for 50 years or more, this is a special talent he possesses and you see it in vivid detail in this book. The text is highly informative and the photographs are crisp. If you have any interest in grand tranditional residental architecture, then I can't imagine you being disappointed in this book.