The Face of Home: A New Way to Look at the Outside of Your House

by Jeremiah Eck

There are hundreds of books on the market about designing the interior of a home, but none for homeowners that focuses on the design of a home's exterior. And yet the exterior of the house is what we all see and remember- it's the "face" of home we fall in love with--whether we are looking for a new home or just taking in the sights during a Sunday afternoon drive. All of us can relate to a house's exterior, but few understand how they're put together,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561587710
• ISBN13: 9781561587711
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Great houses, great ideas, OK writing

First, I should say that Jeremiah Eck is my favorite architect. If I ever build a house (which is hard, because I live in Boston where there are essentially no lots), I'll probably use him as an architect. So I should love this book, and I mostly do. Ideally, I'd like an architecture book to: 1) have lots of great pictures and floor plans of wonderful houses 2) have interesting ideas to convey 3) have good prose to read I'd say this book scores very well on the first two points, and less so on the third. The photography is excellent, with lots of great houses. Mr. Eck is trying to convey some important ideas about the exterior of a house. Ideally, he things the exterior of a house should have a style that follows from other elements of the design, rather than being superficial decoration. So on the strength of those reasons alone, you should buy it. But for some reason I find his prose hard going. I can't quite put my finger on what bothers me, but it doesn't pull you forward. I found this to be true of his first book, "The Distinctive Home" as well. I'm very pleased I read it anyway.