October 2018

Each issue of Traditional Building features photos to accompany the Buying Guides; here are the photos appearing in this issue along with informative captions.

Three of our country’s esteemed architects, Mark Ferguson, Russell Windham, and Gil Schafer III, talk about Classical Design, how their environment shaped their ideas, and where they find inspiration—and sometimes that elusive euphoria.

Practicing proper maintenance techniques will increase the lifespan of your wooden windows.

Beyond their practical use in covering intersections, classical moldings are fundamental to describing structural logic—based on a language that can be learned.

A book review on Robert Venturi's Rome by Frederick Fisher and Stephen Harby.

Scagliola is a venerable technique that has plaster posing as marble.

We have the latest word on alternative building materials when it comes to roofing, siding, and decks.

Learn about best practices when it comes to building doors for historic structures.

Voith & Mactavish Architects creates a new dining hall for students at Millbrook School in New York.

KWK Architects designs the new Residential Colleges at University of Oklahoma.

The Trustees of Reservations strives to preserve historic gardens in Massachusetts.