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A field guide to American houses / by Virginia and Lee McAlester ; with drawings by Lauren Jarrett, and model house drawings by Juan Rodriguez-Arnaiz.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Knopf, 1984.Description: xv, 525 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0394739698 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA7205 .M35 1984
Contents:
Looking at American Houses -- Style: The Fashions of American Houses -- Form: The Shapes of American Houses -- Structure: The Anatomy of American Houses -- Folk Houses -- Native American -- Pre-Railroad -- National -- Colonial Houses (1600-1820) -- Postmedieval English -- Dutch Colonial -- French Colonial -- Spanish Colonial -- Georgian -- Adam -- Early Classical Revival -- Romantic Houses (1820-1880) -- Greek Revival -- Gothic Revival -- Italianate -- Exotic Revivals -- Octagon -- Victorian Houses (1860-1900) -- Second Empire -- Stick -- Queen Anne -- Shingle -- Richardsonian Romanesque -- Folk Victorian -- Eclectic Houses (1880-1940) -- Anglo-American, English, and French Period Houses -- Colonial Revival -- Neoclassical -- Tudor -- Chateauesque -- Beaux Arts -- French Eclectic -- Mediterranean Period Houses -- Italian Renaissance -- Mission -- Spanish Eclectic -- Monterey -- Pueblo Revival -- Modern Houses -- Prairie -- Craftsman -- Modernistic -- International -- American Houses Since 1940 -- Modern -- Neoeclectic -- Contemporary Folk.
Summary: For the house lover and the curious tourist, for the house buyer and the weekend stroller, for neighborhood preservation groups and for all who want to know more about their community--here, at last, is a book that makes it both easy and pleasurable to identify the various styles and periods of American domestic architecture.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection NA 7205 .M35 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 639716

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 501-510.

Looking at American Houses -- Style: The Fashions of American Houses -- Form: The Shapes of American Houses -- Structure: The Anatomy of American Houses -- Folk Houses -- Native American -- Pre-Railroad -- National -- Colonial Houses (1600-1820) -- Postmedieval English -- Dutch Colonial -- French Colonial -- Spanish Colonial -- Georgian -- Adam -- Early Classical Revival -- Romantic Houses (1820-1880) -- Greek Revival -- Gothic Revival -- Italianate -- Exotic Revivals -- Octagon -- Victorian Houses (1860-1900) -- Second Empire -- Stick -- Queen Anne -- Shingle -- Richardsonian Romanesque -- Folk Victorian -- Eclectic Houses (1880-1940) -- Anglo-American, English, and French Period Houses -- Colonial Revival -- Neoclassical -- Tudor -- Chateauesque -- Beaux Arts -- French Eclectic -- Mediterranean Period Houses -- Italian Renaissance -- Mission -- Spanish Eclectic -- Monterey -- Pueblo Revival -- Modern Houses -- Prairie -- Craftsman -- Modernistic -- International -- American Houses Since 1940 -- Modern -- Neoeclectic -- Contemporary Folk.

For the house lover and the curious tourist, for the house buyer and the weekend stroller, for neighborhood preservation groups and for all who want to know more about their community--here, at last, is a book that makes it both easy and pleasurable to identify the various styles and periods of American domestic architecture.

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