A lyric architecture : selected works of John Malick and associates / John Malick, [edited by Driss Fatih ; foreword by Steven W. Semes].

Features pictures of luxury homes in a range of traditional styles. Shows numerous historical styles, including English Arts & Crafts, Mediterranean and Georgian Colonial. Each project reflects the spirit of a unique time and place while addressing current needs and budget. Projects featured in the monograph abandon the modern idiom and return to a time when buildings reflected noble achievements , pastoral visions, and sacred resonances. They embrace construction methods that revive the lost art of craftmanship.Time-tested materials and picturesque details such as post-and-beam construction reflect the care and craft that are the signatures of artistic creation. Shares the experience of sophistication of a Palladian neoclassical villa, the warthm of a Yorkshire cottage, and the sun-washed simplicity of a Mediterranean village.