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A portrait of Southern elegance as interpreted by Norman Davenport Askins, who infuses traditional design with innovation and style to create gracious and livable houses. Trained as an architect and an architectural historian, Askins has learned not only how to use historical precedents but also how to think like the architects who designed them, honing in on the essence of style. Askins is inspired equally by classical, vernacular, and romantic architecture, including Italian Renaissance country villas, hillside castles in the Dordogne, and the very strong presence of the Colonial Revival and Federal houses of Atlanta itself. Askins is seen as the heir to the giants of the classical tradition in the South-Philip Trammell Shutze, Neel Reed, and James Means-and hailed the link between them and the contemporary renaissance of traditional architecture. Inspired by Tradition presents fifteen lavishly detailed and tastefully appointed residences, many in the prestigious Buckhead enclave of Atlanta and others along the coasts of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, in the Virginia Piedmont, and the mountains of North Carolina.

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Having lived in the South all of his life, Norman Askins is steeped in the history of old houses and traditional architecture. While it's the exterior photos of each house that lull me into daydreams, it is the interior shots that make me sit up and take notice. --Peak of Chic

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Norman Davenport Askins established his architectural practice in Atlanta in 1977 and is now esteemed as the designer of elegant and livable houses in a traditional Southern vocabulary. Trained as an architectural historian as well as an architect, Askins researched the restoration of the Executive Wing of the White House as a special project for Colonial Williamsburg and served as director of restoration for John Milner Associates, a leading preservation firm. Askins has served as chair of the Friends of the Decorative Arts at the High Museum and on the board of the Southern Architecture Foundation. In July 2013, Askins received the inaugural A. Hays Town award from Southern Living magazine.

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