About the Book
The castellated building style is thought by some to have fully run its course over the past eight hundred years. If that was ever so, then architectural illustrator and author David Spellman has succeeded in bringing it back to life, much to the excitement of both castle aficionados and general readers with an interest in architecture.
Based on a talent for drawing, a keen lifelong interest in the design of houses, and his personal study of both American and European castellated houses, David provides in this volume exceptional original exterior designs for twelve grand residences in the castellated style, exquisitely presented with more than 240 colorful illustrations including elevation and perspective views, floor plan sets, and individual house statistics, along with fascinating background material explaining why this adventurous style of architecture was popular through ever-changing historical periods and describing the changes necessary to create these beautiful and powerful buildings as livable and functional houses in today’s world.
About the Author
David Spellman is an architectural illustrator with a penchant for the romantic and adventurous. A graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in technical theater design, he began his artistic career as a theatrical scenic and lighting designer but now specializes in architectural illustration. David is a member of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators, the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, and the International Network of Traditional Building. He is the author of Victorian Houses: A Treasury of 100 Original Designs (Hill House, 2000), a monograph presenting original line-drawing elevations of Victorian houses. David currently resides in Northern California and is working on his third book.
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