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It is rooted in-and often reacts against-timeless ideals of classical proportion and balance, an integrity of materials and a respect for the beauty and craftsmanship of fine detail. These precedents date to antiquity, and they have survived millennia for good reason.<br /> <br /> Since establishing their firm in 1993, the husband and wife partnership of Laura and Jim Smiros-along with our staff of over 20 architects and designers-has returned again and again to these flawless principles, enlisting them to create&nbsp; livable, functional, elegant residences and commercial projects throughout the Eastern seaboard and from London to Moscow.<br /> <br /> Whether working within a classical, traditional or conservative modern idiom, it is our steadfast loyalty to these concepts that we believe prompted the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects to describe Smiros + Smiros as "the new architect of the country place."<br /> <br /> And it is the seamless integration of this philosophy with the expertise of landscape, interior and other design professional-as well as a savvy understanding of the way value is interpreted in the realm of real estate-that engenders the loyalty and respect of our clientele. Many return from one generation to the next and from one career development to another, asking us to guide them to the realization of their dreams.</span>&nbsp; &nbsp;</span> </span></img></span><span><br /><br />For more information visit:&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><br /><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vct7r4bab&t=9c5tq6iab.0.jd9sv5iab.vct7r4bab.38&ts=S0715&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smiros.com" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">http://www.smiros.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">&nbsp;</span></div> </td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" height="15" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="3" /> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:600px;background-color:#FFFFFF;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="3"> <a target="_blank" name="LETTER.BLOCK8"></a><table style="margin-bottom:6px;" border="0" width="100%" tabindex="0" datapagesize="0" cols="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK8"><tr><td style="background-image:url(http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/hitechbar2.gif);background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:#CCFFFF;ih-name:;padding:2px 2px 2px 6px;color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;font-size:10pt;text-align: left;" height="20" bgcolor="#CCFFFF" background="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/hitechbar2.gif" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';"><a target="_blank" style="font-weight: bold;" shape="rect" name="Topic">Topic of the Month: An English Tudor Home on Long Island &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</a></span></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align: left;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><br /><div><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt;"><img style="text-align: left;" src="images/Smiros 2.jpg" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.212" width="150" vspace="5" border="0" alt="Smiros 2" align="left" height="194" hspace="5" /></span><span>Following in the elegant tradition of the early 20th century estates on the north shore of Long Island, NY, James Smiros of Smiros + Smiros Architects designed a lavish English country home that is reminiscent of the Gold Coast era with the exception of a few modern touches. The 12,000-square-foot home sits on a five-acre parcel of land in Matinecock, NY and was completed in 2007.<br /> <br /> The design was inspired by architect Harrie T. Lindeberg, who began his career working for the firm of McKim, Mead & White more than a hundred years ago. Lindeberg is best known for designing country houses in New York as well as other parts of the country. <br /> <br /> It was the homeowner's idea to have a home designed in the style of Lindeberg. Smiros explains, "Her brother lived in a Harrie T. Lindeberg house, which she always admired. Lindeberg designed a number of homes on Long Island. His work was inspired by the English architects of the turn of the century who were doing English country houses, but he interpreted them with an American perspective. So it was interesting to be interpreting the work of somebody who interpreted other work. When you look back through history for inspiration, I think everything gets run through your own filter naturally. So while we do look at historical precedents, we reinterpret them to reflect how we live today, and that is what we did here."<br /> <br /> One of the ways in which Smiros gave the house a more modern look was to make the windows very large. He explains, "Lindeberg's style tended to have larger masonry or masonry walls with smaller windows and openings. We stayed more faithful to that on the front side of the house, but on the garden side we opened up the size of the windows quite a bit to maximize light and to leave openness in those spaces. That was an important element. Another tool that we incorporated in this particular house, which isn't really part of Lindeberg's style, was that we took all the primary rooms and we had them all face south. So, the dining room, the living room, the library, the entry hall, the kitchen, the breakfast room, the family room, the master bedroom and several of the children's bedrooms all face south. They all share that common view and southern exposure. So that was one of the things that we did to incorporate more contemporary living elements into the house. And because of the size of the lot, we were fortunate that we were able to orient the house to really take advantage of the southern exposure."<br /> <br /> There were many aspects of the project that Smiros enjoyed, for example the schematic planning of the house. "I guess it was really the relationship of the house to the site and the three-dimensional forms of the house that I enjoyed most. The porte-cochère that we created with the little coach house elements I thought was fun."<br /> <br /> "I also had a lot of fun with the stone detailing on the house. All the stone detailing on the house is authentic. We did coursed stone work there and had a wonderful mason who did all that coursing on site. The coursing was done on all of the exterior stone on the house with the exception of the details on the front door. The stone was set in random courses, so we have a row that is 5" high, then 8" high, then 9" high, and then 5" high. That's an authentic setting that was used by the Romans. If you look at antique Roman walls, you'll see they're set in the same way. We did a very traditional detail of the roof edge as well, which gave the house a very authentic look. The stone detailing on the bay windows and the entry door is very sympathetic to the other stone work on the house." <br /> <br /> "The concept here is that this is a country house. This is a gentleman's country estate and we tried to reinforce that with materials. We wanted it to look like a formidable country house, but still be recognized as a country house."<br /> <br /> The interior of the house is very classical and formal, and yet it feels comfortable, which is a quality that Smiros was hoping to achieve, and did so with great success. He explains, "That's exactly what we were going for. It's about materials and textures. In the family room we used the same stone that we used on the exterior and we brought it inside on the chimney. The roof of that room is authentic timber framing which makes for a very pretty combination with the stone." 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Visit:<a style="text-decoration: none;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vct7r4bab&t=9c5tq6iab.0.dwor78cab.vct7r4bab.38&ts=S0715&p=http%3A%2F%2Fcontinuingeducation.construction.com" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank"> http://continuingeducation.construction.com</a><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br />Architectural Record Discussion Forums</span></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The McGraw Hill Construction Community, publisher of Architectural Record, has provided architects with a forum to express ideas, opinions, suggestions, and gripes. The discussion forums are open to all, and include topics such as Green Building Projects, Virtual Design, Practice Matters and a forum for younger architects. Visit:<a style="text-decoration: none;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vct7r4bab&t=9c5tq6iab.0.ewor78cab.vct7r4bab.38&ts=S0715&p=http%3A%2F%2Fconstruction.com%2Fcommunity%2Fforums.aspx" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank"> http://construction.com/community/forums.aspx</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CORA - Congress of Residential Architecture &nbsp;</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span>CORA is a grass root organization that encourages our members to participate in the dialog of improving residential architecture in a way that suits them best. <span>The purpose of the CORA is to provide a continuing forum for advocating and enhancing residential architecture by all individuals, both professionals and non-professionals, that share a common interest in improving the quality of the homes and communities we live in. Visit: <span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vct7r4bab&t=9c5tq6iab.0.f9pgpsdab.vct7r4bab.38&ts=S0715&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corarchitecture.org" linktype="link" target="_blank">http://www.corarchitecture.org</a></span></span></span></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />The Green Meeting Industry Council</span></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC) is a non profit 501(c)(6)&nbsp;membership-based organization. Their goal is to encourage collaboration within the meetings industry toward the development of green standards that will improve the environmental performance of meetings and events on a global basis. The GMIC is the only professional green meetings organization that is a member of the Convention Industry Council. For more information visit:</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vct7r4bab&t=9c5tq6iab.0.ws58qycab.vct7r4bab.38&ts=S0715&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenmeetings.info" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank">http://www.greenmeetings.info</a>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">The World Architecture Community</span><br />The World Architecture Community invites all architects to create a free profile on their website. The World Architecture Portal is a unique comprehensive international directory and catalog of contemporary architecture where all architects, scholars and institutions may submit their work and links to share with colleagues from around the world.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> For more information visit: </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vct7r4bab&t=9c5tq6iab.0.acqwwpdab.vct7r4bab.38&ts=S0715&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldarchitecture.org" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank">http://www.worldarchitecture.org</a><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></table><a target="_blank" name="LETTER.BLOCK10"></a><table style="margin-bottom:6px;" border="0" width="100%" tabindex="0" datapagesize="0" cols="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK10"><tr><td style="background-image:url("/imp/themes/graphics/spacer_red.png" 2px 6px;color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;font-size:10pt;text-align: left;" height="20" bgcolor="#CCFFFF" background="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/hitechbar2.gif" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><b><a target="_blank" shape="rect" name="Architects"><br /></a></b></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align: left;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><br />We hope you enjoyed&nbsp;our informative monthly e-newsletter. 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