Author: Lewis A. Coffin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486136868
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Blueprints, sketches, and exterior and interior photographs showcase the finest examples of 1930s country homes from 70 different architectural firms. A variety of styles are featured, from simple cottages to large estates.
American Country Houses of the Thirties
Author: Lewis A. Coffin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486136868
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Blueprints, sketches, and exterior and interior photographs showcase the finest examples of 1930s country homes from 70 different architectural firms. A variety of styles are featured, from simple cottages to large estates.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486136868
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Blueprints, sketches, and exterior and interior photographs showcase the finest examples of 1930s country homes from 70 different architectural firms. A variety of styles are featured, from simple cottages to large estates.
Smaller Houses of the 1920s
Author: Ethel B. Power
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486460495
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
From a peak era in domestic architecture comes this survey of modern and traditional buildings. Its 130 captioned illustrations offer a full perspective on the buildings' architectural ingenuity and originality.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486460495
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
From a peak era in domestic architecture comes this survey of modern and traditional buildings. Its 130 captioned illustrations offer a full perspective on the buildings' architectural ingenuity and originality.
101 Classic Homes of the Twenties
Author: Harris, McHenry & Baker Co.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486137171
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Authentic plan book advertises homes chosen for aesthetic appeal, convenience, and economy of construction. Ranging in scale from lavish to modest, each model appears with detailed floor plans, measurements, and a photograph of completed dwelling.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486137171
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Authentic plan book advertises homes chosen for aesthetic appeal, convenience, and economy of construction. Ranging in scale from lavish to modest, each model appears with detailed floor plans, measurements, and a photograph of completed dwelling.
124 Distinctive House Designs and Floor Plans, 1929
Author: National Building Publications
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486140504
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
An annual publication intended as a reference work for contractors, suppliers, architects, and homeowners, the 1929 Home Builders Catalog offered a beautifully illustrated look at a variety of homes. Painstakingly reproduced from a rare edition, this volume offers old-house restorers, preservationists, and lovers of 1920s architecture an authentic view of American homes of the era.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486140504
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
An annual publication intended as a reference work for contractors, suppliers, architects, and homeowners, the 1929 Home Builders Catalog offered a beautifully illustrated look at a variety of homes. Painstakingly reproduced from a rare edition, this volume offers old-house restorers, preservationists, and lovers of 1920s architecture an authentic view of American homes of the era.
Country and Suburban Houses of the Twenties
Author: Bernard Wells Close
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486169774
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Reprint of rare book contains scores of illustrations and floor plans for 80 charming American homes, among them a spacious Pennsylvania fieldstone colonial, and a modest, three-bedroom suburban bungalow. 104 black-and-white illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486169774
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Reprint of rare book contains scores of illustrations and floor plans for 80 charming American homes, among them a spacious Pennsylvania fieldstone colonial, and a modest, three-bedroom suburban bungalow. 104 black-and-white illustrations.
Vitruvius Scoticus
Author: William Adam
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486473074
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This classic portfolio uses elevations, floor plans, and other line drawings by Scotland's first great classical architect to document the country's 18th-century buildings. Unlike previous Vitruvius volumes, it features plans for many smaller structures and served as a model book for 19th-century American builders and architects. Its 160 plates include 100 of Adam's own designs.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486473074
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This classic portfolio uses elevations, floor plans, and other line drawings by Scotland's first great classical architect to document the country's 18th-century buildings. Unlike previous Vitruvius volumes, it features plans for many smaller structures and served as a model book for 19th-century American builders and architects. Its 160 plates include 100 of Adam's own designs.
Classical Ornament
Author: C. Thierry
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486799654
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
"'Classical Ornament,' first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 2016, contains all the plates from 'Classiche Ornamente,' originally published by J. Veith, Carlsruhe, Germany, ca. 186-"--Title page vers
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486799654
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
"'Classical Ornament,' first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 2016, contains all the plates from 'Classiche Ornamente,' originally published by J. Veith, Carlsruhe, Germany, ca. 186-"--Title page vers
A Field Guide to American Houses
Author: Virginia Savage McAlester
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0385353871
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 881
Book Description
The fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses. This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; expanded and completely new categories of house styles with photos and descriptions of each; an appendix on "Approaches to Construction in the 20th and 21st Centuries"; an expanded bibliography; and 600 new photographs and line drawings.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0385353871
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 881
Book Description
The fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses. This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; expanded and completely new categories of house styles with photos and descriptions of each; an appendix on "Approaches to Construction in the 20th and 21st Centuries"; an expanded bibliography; and 600 new photographs and line drawings.
Ideal Homes of the Thirties
Author: Ideal Homes
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486136655
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486136655
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
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.
Traditional Ironwork Designs
Author: Josef Feller
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486134431
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
From an exceptional collection of the finest examples of German ironwork comes this rich source of royalty-free images for artists and craftspeople. More than 270 illustrations depict a broad variety of magnificent ironworks from the city of Düsseldorf, with finely rendered examples of the craft ranging from elaborate castle gates to ornate weather vanes. Balustrades, screens, balcony railings, and other decorative ironworks abound in this handsome compilation. Derived from a rare, turn-of-the-century portfolio, these splendid designs offer uncommon glimpses of a rich array of motifs that are sure to inspire and delight designers, architecture enthusiasts, antique lovers, and devotees of vintage ironwork.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486134431
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
From an exceptional collection of the finest examples of German ironwork comes this rich source of royalty-free images for artists and craftspeople. More than 270 illustrations depict a broad variety of magnificent ironworks from the city of Düsseldorf, with finely rendered examples of the craft ranging from elaborate castle gates to ornate weather vanes. Balustrades, screens, balcony railings, and other decorative ironworks abound in this handsome compilation. Derived from a rare, turn-of-the-century portfolio, these splendid designs offer uncommon glimpses of a rich array of motifs that are sure to inspire and delight designers, architecture enthusiasts, antique lovers, and devotees of vintage ironwork.