House Styles In America
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| Author | : James C. Massey |
| Publisher | : Penguin Putnam |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Architecture, American |
| ISBN | : 9780140281125 |
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.
| Author | : John Milnes Baker |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780393323252 |
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.
| Author | : William Morgan |
| Publisher | : Harry N. Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 424 |
| Release | : 2004-11-09 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780810949430 |
A tour of the approximately twenty styles of domestic architecture common to the United States identifies and defines each style--including Colonial, Craftsman, Modern, and Deco--providing historical summaries, sample photographs, and regional information. 20,000 first printing.
| Author | : John J. G. Blumenson |
| Publisher | : Rowman Altamira |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780761991434 |
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
| Author | : Mark Gelernter |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780719047275 |
Why did the colonial Americans give over a significant part of their homes to a grand staircase? Why did the Victorians drape their buildings ornate decoration? And why did American buildings grow so tall in the last decades of the 19th century. This book explores the history of American architecture from prehistoric times to the present, explaining why characteristic architectural forms arose at particular times and in particular places.
| Author | : Lester Walker |
| Publisher | : Black Dog & Leventhal |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015-03-10 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9781579129927 |
American Homes is the classic work of American house architecture. From the Dutch colonial, to the New England Salt Box, to the 1950s prefab, this unrivaled reference and useful guide to 103 building styles pays homage to our country's housing heritage. American Homes opens the window onto the rich landscape of all the places we call home. Award-winning architect Lester Walker examines hundreds of styles of homes—more than any other survey of American domestic architecture—and helps us understand the history of each style, why it developed as it did, and the practical and historical reasons behind its shape, size, material, ornament, and plan. Hundreds of sequenced drawings illustrate the evolution of our most beloved housing styles, like the colonial English Cottage, which grows before our eyes from a simple square of posts and beams to a fully constructed home with hand-split cedar clapboards and an intricately thatched roof. There's also the Italianate, whose roof displays its intricate carved brackets and is topped with a cupola that serves to filter light to the interior of the home. Annotated floor plans offer insight into the structure of these homes, and with it, a good measure of inspiration. No wrought-iron railing, white stucco wall, or gingerbread gable goes neglected. Every idiosyncratic detail and decoration of each of these uniquely American designs is delicately drawn. American Homes is the perfect reference for enthusiasts of architecture, history, and American studies. It is also the ideal inspiration for anyone who lives in or dreams of living in a classic American home.
| Author | : Hannah Jenkins |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 432 |
| Release | : 2018-10-15 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9781864708110 |
- Unparalleled array of American architects and firms: widely known and under-the-radar, established and up-and-coming, large and small - Unparalleled variety in style and type: traditional, modern, and everything in between; grand villas and small cabins; posh seaside villas, rustic and remote cabins, urban townhouses - Unparalleled diversity in geographical range: from California to Hawaii and many states in between The American House is an exceedingly diverse collection of contemporary residential designs in the United States. This book follows the successful title European House, likewise a gorgeous collection of new residential architecture. The American House contains cutting-edge residential designs by leading architects from across the United States. Stunning color photographs and plans underline the sensitivity of today's architects to the natural environment, as well as the care and attention paid to interior design and everyday living. This new volume features an extraordinary variety in style, sophistication, affordability, site and landscape, with an emphasis on sustainability practices in both design and construction. Each project illustrates how architects adapt their signature styles to accommodate the challenges posed by local topography and variations in climate, along with a sharp focus on optimum strategies for sustainable living. A lively introduction by critic Ian Volner comments on the many trends, often contradictory, that characterize the architecture of houses in the 2010s. In its sweeping scope, this book considers the present and points to the future of residential design in the United States.
| Author | : Michael Gaughenbaugh |
| Publisher | : Wiley |
| Total Pages | : 56 |
| Release | : 1993-11-01 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780471144083 |
A fictional youngster takes the reader on a voyage of discovery as his family moves into a run-down Victorian house and he learns all about restoring houses and how home styles have developed over the past 400 years in America. Lavish illustrations help to tell this fascinating tale. An aunt's townhouse in Chicago and the homes of cousins in the south and in the country are some of the other architectural journeys in this book, which introduces children to a whole new vocabulary and way of looking at architecture in houses.
| Author | : Arnold Lewis |
| Publisher | : New York : Dover Publications |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 1975 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
Brilliant photos of 1870s, 1880s, showing finest domestic, public architecture; many buildings now gone. 120 plates.
| Author | : Kerry Dean Carso |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : 2021-08-15 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 1501755943 |
Follies in America examines historicized garden buildings, known as "follies," from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876. In a period of increasing nationalism, follies—such as temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins—brought a range of European architectural styles to the United States. By imprinting the land with symbols of European culture, landscape gardeners brought their idea of civilization to the American wilderness. Kerry Dean Carso's interdisciplinary approach in Follies in America examines both buildings and their counterparts in literature and art, demonstrating that follies provide a window into major themes in nineteenth-century American culture, including tensions between Jeffersonian agrarianism and urban life, the ascendancy of middle-class tourism, and gentility and social class aspirations.
