John Milnes Baker is an award-winning architect who specializes in residential design. He is the author of How to Build a House with an Architect published in 1988 by Harper & Row. His work has appeared in numerous architectural journals and three of his designs were among Better Homes and Gardens' HOME PLAN IDEAS' "TOP TEN ALL-TIME FAVORITES." One of these houses, "an elegantly simple contemporary saltbox," was featured as their "readers' all time favorite."
    Mr. Baker is also the author of American House Styles: A Concise Guide published by W. W. Norton & Co. in 1994 and he taught courses on the history of the American house at The New School in New York City.