Housey Housey

Housey Housey
Author: Clare Melhuish
Publisher: Black Dog Publishing
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2005
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Presents a collection of design concepts for contemporary homes which are not only forward-thinking, appealing, and responsive to modern needs, but also buildable, both on an individual basis and at a larger scale.

Ideal Homes?

Ideal Homes?
Author: Tony Chapman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134695845

Ideal Homes? shows how both popular images and experiences of home life relate to the ability of society's members to produce and respond to social change. The book provides for the first time an analysis of the space of the home and the experiences of home life by writers from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, architecture, geography and anthropology. It covers a range of subjects, including gender roles, different generations relationships to home, the changing nature of the family, transition and risk and alternative visions of home.

Ideal Homes?

Ideal Homes?
Author: Tony Chapman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134695837

Ideal Homes? shows how both popular images and experiences of home life relate to the ability of society's members to produce and respond to social change. The book provides for the first time an analysis of the space of the home and the experiences of home life by writers from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, architecture, geography and anthropology. It covers a range of subjects, including gender roles, different generations relationships to home, the changing nature of the family, transition and risk and alternative visions of home.

Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes

Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes
Author: Virginia Nicholson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 623
Release: 2016
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9781510017924

'Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes' reconstructs the real 1950s, through the eyes of the women who lived it. Step back in time to where our grandmothers scrubbed their doorsteps, cared for their families, lived, laughed, loved and struggled. This is their story.

Ideal homes

Ideal homes
Author: Deborah Sugg Ryan
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2020-04-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1526152258

Ideal homes investigates the tastes and aspirations of the suburban communities that emerged in Britain after the First World War. It explores how new class and gender identities were forged through the architecture and decoration of the home. This edition includes a chapter on researching the history of your own house.

Ideal Homes of the Thirties

Ideal Homes of the Thirties
Author: Ideal Homes
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2013-01-16
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0486136655

Adapted from a rare 1933 catalog, this volume showcases sixty plans for two-story houses. It features photographs (most in full color), floor plans, and descriptive text that depict a splendid variety of economic styles, including colonial, mission, foursquare, and bungalow. Each house appears in a two-page spread, forming an elegant and highly readable presentation. The Plan Service Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, published a series of Ideal Homes catalogs in the 1920s and '30s. This particular issue has been long out of print, and its reissue offers professional architects and armchair renovators alike an authentic look at houses of the era. Daniel D. Reiff, an expert on vintage house design catalogs, provides an informative introduction.

Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect

Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect
Author: William J Hirsch, Jr
Publisher: Designing Your Perfect House
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0979882001

A #1 best seller for years, Bill Hirsch's Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect has been called an essential read for Homeowners as well as Professionals. Bill's flowing style of writing makes you feel like you are sitting with him having a chat about your project. The philosophy behind design decisions is explained with stories, photos, sketches, and checklists. The book is divided into Twelve Lessons, with an additional Bonus Lesson ," Building Green, Naturally". You will learn how to evaluate your needs and work towards creating a suitable design, perfect for you and your family. The experience of home design and construction should be controllable, gratifying and enjoyable. With the valuable advice that Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect provides, it can be.