| Summary: | "After several years and many conversations, the stars aligned in 1997 for Bob and Judi Newman to embark on the journey that led to "Pondbank." The couple knew exactly what they wanted in a family home for themselves and their daughter, which also needed to include an appropriate setting to display their growing art collection and space to entertain their friends and host philanthropic fundraising events. Upon interviewing several architects, one name kept rising to the top - Don Ruggles. Starting with the exterior framework, reams of notes and sketches upon sketches, Bob and Judi were progressing closer and closer to their home's design. Named Pondbank, the home took six years and three months to complete once the official contract was signed. This book chronicles the journey in words and beautiful images from design to construction, masonry to landscape, interior design to skilled craftwork, and the relationships formed over the duration of this extraordinary project"--
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