How to read houses : a crash course in domestic architecture
Jones, Will2017
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How to Read Houses is an insider's guide to recognising and appreciating the diversity of domestic architecture that reflects the location, the fashion, and the technological savoir-faire of the age - from Tudor timber-frames to the truly unconventional. Compact enough to travel with you yet comprehensive enough to provide real answers, with real examples, this handy reference guide: - Provides an understanding of the architectural vocabulary along with the visual clues that identify any house style and its historical context. - Enhances the appreciation of visits to landmark houses and lays the foundations for an architectural exploration of your own home or area. - Explores the main architectural styles, as well as the materials and components of a house, through beautifully rendered illustrations, photographs of classic examples and the words of a friendly expert.
Main title:
Author:
Jones, Will, author
Imprint:
London : Herbert Press, [2017]
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 17 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 2013.Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction-- House TypesMaterialsComponents-- House StylesTudorRenaissanceAmerican ColonialGeorgianNeoclassicalVictorianArts and CraftsPrairieModernistKit HousesUnusual Approaches-- AppendicesGlossaryDirectory of HousesIndexAcknowledgements
ISBN:
9781912217113 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
93284
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