Category: Georgian
Building Georgian
by M. Curtis | Dec 20, 2021 | Georgian, Taste & Connoisseurship | 0 |
We build ourselves by the book, as Williamsburg, Washington, Jefferson, and all that is Georgian is a building by the books of architecture.
Read MoreWilliamsburg Garden in 5 Steps
by M. Curtis | Dec 20, 2021 | Georgian, How-To in 5 Steps, Traditions of Home | 0 |
THE WILLIAMSBURG GARDEN IN 5 STEPS The Colonial Williamsburg Garden is, more than...
Read MoreGeorgian House Plan: Prudence Duplex, #74
by M. Curtis | Dec 20, 2021 | House Plans, Georgian | 0 |
Prudence is intended to lend grace to a neighborhood, economy to a family. This prudence of a Georgian façade enjoys a townhouse floorplan and shares garden courts typical of Charleston and Savannah, though updated to accommodate 21st Century preferences.
Read MoreGrand Illumination Williamsburg
by M. Curtis | Dec 9, 2021 | Avocation & Amusement, Georgian | 0 |
The Williamsburg Grand Illumination began with the rebirth of Georgian ways during the 1930s when John D. Rockefeller with care and capital rescued Williamsburg from ignominy and ruin.
Read MoreWilliamsburg Christmas Wreaths
by M. Curtis | Dec 9, 2021 | Georgian, Traditions of Home | 0 |
The wreathing tradition of Colonial Williamsburg is the model of the American Christmas Wreath.
Read MoreQuinlan Terry
by M. Curtis | Dec 9, 2021 | Architects & Architecture at Home, Georgian | 0 |
QUINLAN TERRY Until recently it was felt that the modern style had come to stay and...
Read MoreGeorgian Heritage
by M. Curtis | Dec 2, 2021 | A-Musing from the Editor, Georgian | 0 |
Friends, Romans, Englishmen, this month we consider our Georgian heritage, our British tradition, the ascendence of Classive civilization, Vitruvius to Palladio to Williamsburg.
Read MoreGeorgian House Plan: The Hanover, #10
by M. Curtis | Dec 2, 2021 | House Plans, Georgian | 0 |
Stately and strong, this American Georgian home lives large. You will notice the house plan’s Georgian confidence, its firm grounding, its substantial mass bilateral in symmetry, its unity of parts with but little surprise in variation.
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