American Houses

American Houses
Title American Houses PDF eBook
Author Gerald L. Foster
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages 454
Release 2004-03-09
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9780547561523

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American Houses is a historical guide to the architecture of the American home. While other architectural field guides show only façades, this book includes floor plans, showing how the form of a house arises from its function. Photographs and drawings of exteriors illustrate the significant field marks of each style and help pinpoint the key elements that can identify a house even when it has been remodeled beyond recognition. Beautifully illustrated, clearly written, and impeccably researched, American Houses is an essential reference for anyone interested in the history of American residential architecture.

A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture

A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture
Title A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture PDF eBook
Author Carole Rifkind
Publisher Plume
Pages 388
Release 2001
Genre Architecture
ISBN

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Leading urbanist Carole Rifkind takes readers on an illuminating tour through half a century of design in this comprehensive and lavishly illustrated book. From private homes and public housing to museums, religious and educational edifices, shopping centers, malls, and office buildings, the accessible text demonstrates the interplay between form and function, and how the uses of space, mass, materials, and ornament have evolved to produce the structures that surround us today. Rifkind also discusses the development of style and analyzes the contributions of more than two hundred architects, as well as the political and economic forces that influenced their work. Filled with over four hundred photographs and line drawings, A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture is an essential reference for both casual observers and serious scholars. Its in-depth exploration of the postwar intellectual, social, and artistic environment offers a unique perspective on our recent past and the forces that shape our modern landscape.

American House Styles

American House Styles
Title American House Styles PDF eBook
Author John Milnes Baker
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 196
Release 1994
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9780393323252

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America has an abundance of fascinating and varied house styles, as fascinating and diverse as its people. This unique book will allow readers to recognize the architectural features and style of virtually any house they encounter.

Identifying American Architecture

Identifying American Architecture
Title Identifying American Architecture PDF eBook
Author John J. G. Blumenson
Publisher Rowman Altamira
Pages 148
Release 1995
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9780761991434

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Have you ever been intrigued by a beautiful building and wondered when it was built? Identifying American Architecture provides the answer to such questions in a concise handbook perfect for preservationists, architects, students, and tourists alike. With 214 photographs, it allows readers to associate real buildings with architectural styles, elements, and orders. Identifying American Architecture was designed to be used--carried about and kept handy for frequent reference. Every photograph is keyed to an explanatory legend pointing out characteristic features of each building's style. Trade bookstores order from W.W. Norton, NY

The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture

The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture
Title The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture PDF eBook
Author Rachel Carley
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 276
Release 1997-03-15
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9780805045635

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Visual presentation of the many types of houses built in America from the earliest Indian dwellings to designs for futuristic homes.

Under Every Roof

Under Every Roof
Title Under Every Roof PDF eBook
Author Patricia Brown Glenn
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 114
Release 2009-10-19
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0470593598

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This book is a delightful guide to understanding and identifying architectural styles for kids and their parents Why do houses look the way they do? Why do dome have small windows, while others seem to be all glass? Why do some hug the landscape, while others are tall with very steep roofs? Why do dome people live in mansions, while others live in mobile houses? Can you imagine a house that looks like an elephant or a shoe? Children and adults will learn about the history of domestic architecture, the styles of the houses we live in, and the terms for the architectural elements that compose the buildings. Use the pictorial field guide to investigate your own house, then take it along on family outings to identify different architectural details. Under Every Roof features more than 60 houses from 30 states and the District of Columbia that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places; many of these are house museums that are open to the public. Kids need to understand the house they live in, so the book also includes a wide variety of regional styles and architectural types. The full-color, watercolor illustrations add a unique, gentle humor to the text.

House Styles in America

House Styles in America
Title House Styles in America PDF eBook
Author James C. Massey
Publisher Penguin Putnam
Pages 0
Release 1999
Genre Architecture, American
ISBN 9780140281125

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This beautifully illustrated tour of America's houses begins in 1640 with the early roots of American style -- a combination of European skill and attitude combined with American know-how. This architectural journey continues on through the 18th and 19th centuries, through the Greek Revival, the Americanization of the Gothic Revival, and the early Colonial Revival. The houses of the 20th century are the main attraction as House Styles in America delves into the major movements in the Romantic Revivals of the 1920s and 1930s: English, French, and Spanish. Replete with 200 color photographs, this architectural journey is an essential and beautiful guide for realtors, tourists, and students of architecture.