Elegant Country and Suburban Houses of the Twenties
Title | Elegant Country and Suburban Houses of the Twenties PDF eBook |
Author | Charles S. Keefe |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2013-02-19 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0486146413 |
Interior and exterior views of 51 elegant homes in a variety of distinctive architectural styles. Sweeping staircases, cornices, chimney caps, fireplace mantels, and other details. 219 black-and-white plates.
Country and Suburban Houses of the Twenties
Title | Country and Suburban Houses of the Twenties PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Wells Close |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 2012-10-09 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0486169774 |
Reprint of rare book contains scores of illustrations and floor plans for 80 charming American homes, among them a spacious Pennsylvania fieldstone colonial, and a modest, three-bedroom suburban bungalow. 104 black-and-white illustrations.
Elegant Small Homes of the Twenties
Title | Elegant Small Homes of the Twenties PDF eBook |
Author | Chicago Tribune |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2013-01-16 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0486138216 |
In 1927, the Chicago Tribune sponsored a competition for "trained men of talent, incorporating into the small home ideas of real worth, types of rare charm, and the best possible plans for comfort and convenience." This collection spotlights the challenge’s top results, presenting the nineteen prize-winning designs for five- and six-room houses, plus eighty additional sets of the best architectural plans. A new introduction by Daniel D. Reiff, Ph.D., adds interesting detail about the competition and the competitors. These fascinating snapshots of American domestic architecture of the 1920s include glimpses of New England and Southern colonials, Normandy cottages, stately Italianate dwellings, and other styles. Each of the designs features a floor plan and exterior views of the house. Architects, architecture buffs, and historians will prize these authentic renderings of the leading designs in American architecture of nearly a century ago.
Cut an Assemble Suburban Houses of the Twenties
Title | Cut an Assemble Suburban Houses of the Twenties PDF eBook |
Author | Edmund V. Gillon, Jr. |
Publisher | Dover Publications |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1993-10-01 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9780486277141 |
The Most Popular Homes of the Twenties
Title | The Most Popular Homes of the Twenties PDF eBook |
Author | William A. Radford |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2013-02-20 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0486156435 |
Based on a rare 1925 catalog, this showcase of one of the most beloved eras of American architecture features floor plans, construction details, and photos of twenty-six homes. Styles range from English cottages and Spanish bungalows to Dutch colonials, New England farmhouses, and Italianate designs. More than 250 illustrations, and 21 color plates, complement the text, which contains detailed descriptions of exteriors and interiors. Supplementary articles explain how to convert porches into living space, install plumbing, and build garages. Other home-improvement suggestions offer tips on landscaping gardens and designing interior woodwork. Daniel D. Reiff, an authority on antique house-plan books, offers an informative introduction that places these authentic views of early-twentieth-century American architecture into a wider context.
Vitruvius Scoticus
Title | Vitruvius Scoticus PDF eBook |
Author | William Adam |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2011-06-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0486473074 |
This classic portfolio uses elevations, floor plans, and other line drawings by Scotland's first great classical architect to document the country's 18th-century buildings. Unlike previous Vitruvius volumes, it features plans for many smaller structures and served as a model book for 19th-century American builders and architects. Its 160 plates include 100 of Adam's own designs.
500 Small Houses of the Twenties
Title | 500 Small Houses of the Twenties PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Atterbury Smith |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2013-09-03 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0486156869 |
Perspective drawings, floor plans, and descriptions of principal features of outstanding '20s designs, many by leading architects of the period. 1,135 black-and-white line illustrations, 262 black-and-white photographs and tone drawings.