American Houses - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Houses write by Gerald L. Foster. This book was released on 2004. American Houses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Publisher Description
American Houses: The Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons
American Houses: The Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Houses: The Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons write by Mary Miers. This book was released on 2006-11-07. American Houses: The Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Anne Fairfax and Richard Sammons are at the forefront of a movement among architects today who draw inspiration from the wellspring of the classical traditions in architecture. They have developed a body of work that reflects and adheres to the long-held theories of proportion and order passed down through many past generations of scholarship and practice. The firm's office also served as the headquarters for Henry Hope Reid's Classical America, the only organization offering an alternative to modernist aesthetics until the establishment of the Institute of Classical Architecture in 1992. The twenty-four projects in this volume show the firm's consistent focus on classical architectural beauty, whether the chosen style be Palladian, Tuscan, Mediterranean, Georgian, Adamesque, Neo-classical, British or Dutch Colonial, Colonial Revival, or even East Coast Shingle Style, in all of which Fairfax & Sammons are eminently proficient. The projects selected out of the firm's large body of work include country houses located in Connecticut, New York, Virginia, and Florida, including the renovation of town houses and apartments in New York City—all presented in new color photography.
Houses and Homes
Houses and Homes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Houses and Homes write by Barbara J. Howe. This book was released on 1997. Houses and Homes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume in the Nearby History series helps the reader document the history of a home. The reader will learn to examine written records, oral testimonies, visual sources, and the house's surroundings. The author covers American housing patterns, the individual characteristics of houses in different regions, construction techniques and materials, household technology, and family life styles. Houses and Homes is Volume 2 in The Nearby History Series.
Under Every Roof
Under Every Roof - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Under Every Roof write by Patricia Brown Glenn. This book was released on 2009-10-19. Under Every Roof available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a delightful guide to understanding and identifying architectural styles for kids and their parents Why do houses look the way they do? Why do dome have small windows, while others seem to be all glass? Why do some hug the landscape, while others are tall with very steep roofs? Why do dome people live in mansions, while others live in mobile houses? Can you imagine a house that looks like an elephant or a shoe? Children and adults will learn about the history of domestic architecture, the styles of the houses we live in, and the terms for the architectural elements that compose the buildings. Use the pictorial field guide to investigate your own house, then take it along on family outings to identify different architectural details. Under Every Roof features more than 60 houses from 30 states and the District of Columbia that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places; many of these are house museums that are open to the public. Kids need to understand the house they live in, so the book also includes a wide variety of regional styles and architectural types. The full-color, watercolor illustrations add a unique, gentle humor to the text.
Fifty Houses
Fifty Houses - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fifty Houses write by Sandy Sorlien. This book was released on 2002. Fifty Houses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1988, photographer Sandy Sorlien set out on a series of journeys to document the rich architectural heritage that America is losing to the cheap and banal design aesthetic of tract housing, strip malls, and big-box stores. Her seven-year odyssey took her over 90,000 miles of back roads to every state in the Union in search of homes that reflect and define the region in which they stand. After making over a thousand house portraits, Sorlien has chosen one representative image from each state and collected them in this volume.
