Encyclopedia of American Architecture
Author | : Robert T. Packard |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Companies |
Total Pages | : 744 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Robert T. Packard |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Companies |
Total Pages | : 744 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Dudley Hunt |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Cyril M. Harris |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780393731033 |
Defines and illustrates architectural terms relating to building style, structural components, and architectural ornaments.
Author | : Rachel Carley |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1997-03-15 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780805045635 |
Visual presentation of the many types of houses built in America from the earliest Indian dwellings to designs for futuristic homes.
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 | : Janice Anderson |
Publisher | : Chartwell |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780785820918 |
Looks at the history of North American architecture from colonial times to the present day.
Author | : R. Stephen Sennott |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781579584337 |
"A balance of sophistication and clarity in the writing, authoritative entries, and strong cross-referencing that links archtects and structures to entries on the history and theory of the profession make this an especially useful source on a century of the world's most notable architecture. The contents feature major architects, firms, and professional issues; buildings, styles, and sites; the architecture of cities and countries; critics and historians; construction, materials, and planning topics; schools, movements, and stylistic and theoretical terms. Entries include well-selected bibliographies and illustrations."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.
Author | : Joan M. Marter |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 3140 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0195335791 |
Arranged in alphabetical order, these 5 volumes encompass the history of the cultural development of America with over 2300 entries.
Author | : Henri Stierlin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dreck Spurlock Wilson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 855 |
Release | : 2004-03 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1135956294 |
Since 1865 African-American architects have been designing and building houses and public buildings, but the architects are virtually unknown. This work brings their lives and work to light for the first time.