The Bracketed Cottage

The Bracketed Cottage

By Dale Wayne Slusser Landscape architect, Andrew Jackson Downing published Cottage Residences in 1842, and The Architecture of Country Houses, in 1850. In collaboration with architect Alexander Jackson Davis (who was the source for most of Downing’s designs) these...
Cottage or a Villa, Anyone?

Cottage or a Villa, Anyone?

By Dale Wayne Slusser In 1841, Andrew Jackson Downing, a landscape architect based in Hudson Valley, New York, published A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Architecture, Adapted to North America, with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences…. ...
What Style is it? And What is Style?

What Style is it? And What is Style?

By Dale Wayne Slusser “Style” is the word we most use to describe a building. By that we mean what architectural style is that house or building? But what do we mean by “style”?  “Style” is the distinguishing details and design of a building that tell from what period...
Richard Sharp Smith & The “Biltmore-style”

Richard Sharp Smith & The “Biltmore-style”

By Dale Wayne Slusser Asheville’s enduring architectural legacy began in the 1890’s with the building of the Biltmore House and estate.  Asheville was a remote inaccessible mountain community until the railroad finally breached the treacherous terrain to begin service...