The title "Classic and be created by fusing together architectural elements from a variety of styles?from classical to minimalist. It does so presenting a beautiful collection of twenty-first-century homes that have successfully done just that. Classicand Modern will appeal to both the design enthusiasts and the design professional because it explains how to blend together styles to create meaningful, captivating, and timeless places to live. Today, many successful books, periodicals, or websites will use terms like the New/Old Modern Country, or Rustic Modern to describe a trend for pursing custom homebuilding or custom remodelling that blend traditional styles with modern aesthetics. Classic and Modern will assure the reader that not only is it possible to do so with highly successful results but also will explain case-by-case what the motivations were for doing so. The collection of homes is designed by Alan Barlis and Dennis Wedlick of Dennis Wedlick Architect LLC; named as Architectural Digest's Top 100 designer firm. Author, architect Dennis Wedlick collaborated with such prominent interior designs as Thad Hayes and Matthew White?also AD Top 100 designers to create the homes illustrated in the book. This is a larger format book with exquisite photographs by award wining photographers Peter Aaron and Reto Guntli. "Classic and Modern: Signature Styles" will be a favourite for those who enjoy purchasing elegant and informative architectural and interior design books for their home, office, or friends. AUTHOR: Dennis Wedlick AIA LEED is the founder of Dennis Wedlick Architect LLC (DWA), a full-service architecture, master planning, landscape and interior design firm based in Manhattan and Hudson, New York. The firm has built its reputation on its own brand of residential and community design: sustainable, expressive places to live and work that prize design, technology and craft. Alan Barlis officially formed a new partnership with Dennis Wedlick in January 2007. That year, their firm, Dennis Wedlick Architect LLC was chosen to be a part of the Architectural Digest 100 list of architectural practices. In 1997, Barlis graduated with a Masters of Architecture from MIT and immediately began collaborating with Wedlick on the firm's most complex projects. 200 photographs and 60 illustrations