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by architect Hugo Neuhaus. Also featured are more rural projects such as Carisbrooke Farm, a breezy retreat nestled in the Texas countryside, and Bonney Brier Pub, a backyard structure modeled on a traditional Scottish tavern. The book also details their design for a Mediterranean Revival in River Oaks, with interiors by acclaimed New York firm Ashe Leandro, featured on page 86. Curtis & Windham's practice is organized into three independent but collaborative studios specializing in architecture, interiors, and landscape design. Over the years, the firm has received numerous accolades from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, including consecutive Palladio Awards and multiple John Staub Awards. In 1999, it was honored with the Arthur Ross Aw a rd f ro m ICAA — the organization's h i g h e s t recognition for excellence in the classical tradition. The firm has worked with some of America's finest d e c o r a t o r s , B u n n y W i l l i a m s , David Easton, Mario Buatta, C h a r l o t t e M o s s , A s h e Leandro, Miles Redd, Laurent B o u r g e o i s , A n n Wo l f , and J. Randall P o w e r s . I n a d d i t i o n t o Building on Tradition, the firm's work has been published in the monograph A Vision of Place, as well as in Architectural Digest, Veranda, Elle Decor, and Period Homes. From a gracious country estate with stucco walls, broad porches, and tree- lined allées to a Mediterranean-style villa where rooms unfold around sunlit courtyards, Curtis & Windham are masters of atmosphere and permanence. Bill Curtis and Russell Windham will sign their new book, Building on Tradition (Rizzoli), on Thursday, October 2, sponsored by ICAA — Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. For information, go to classicist-texas.org. "The thing about Bill and Russell," Miles Redd writes, "which is so clearly evidenced by this book, is that they are up for anything as long as it is done with style." Left: Bill Curtis and Russell Windham Clockwise from top: The historic Looscan house, River Oaks. Good Thyme Farm, Bellville. Briarwood house in River Oaks. Homewood house in River Oaks, designed in 1950 by architect Hugo Neuhaus, renovated by Curtis & Windham. . 99 CHRIS LUKER JOHN RICHARD LEWIS PAUL HESTER TREVOR TONDRO CHRIS LUKER