PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Over the past decades, Elizabeth Roberts Architects has built a practice of specificity. Whether breathing new life into a historic townhouse or imparting a sense of place into a ground-up contemporary home, Roberts dissolves the boundaries between architecture, interior design, and objects. Her sensitive approach and timeless aesthetic have earned her firm not only wide acclaim and AD100 status, but also a devoted following.

Rather than cherry-picking tropes from Elizabeth's work to replicate, our approach to the book’s design was to apply her architectural methodology to the form of the book itself. 

We blended classical gestures in book design with a contemporary inflection, safeguarding character often lost in attempts at modernization. In doing so, we endeavored to create something that is neither a wholesale rejection of historical forms nor a nostalgic facsimile. Instead the goal was a mediation on the spectrum between — an anachronism as unique as Elizabeth's oeuvre.

BOOK INFORMATION

Trim Size: 9" x 12"

Number of Pages: 287

Binding Method: Section sewn, quarter-bound case over 3mm board, no board in spine

Paper: 157 gsm Gold East Matte art (for text), 80 gsm SEN (for inserts)

Typefaces: GT Alpina, Untitled Sans

CREDIT INFORMATION

Creative Director: Jesse Johanning

Art Director:

Book Designer: Jesse Johanning, Jessi Brattengeier

Jacket/Cover Designer: Jesse Johanning, Jessi Brattengeier

Illustrator:

Photographer: Dustin Aksland

Picture Editor:

Production Director: Michael Vagnetti

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