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McAlester, Virginia, 1943-
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Architecture, Domestic -- United States.
Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- History.
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McAlester, Virginia, 1943-
Architecture, Domestic -- United States.
Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- History.
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A field guide to American houses : the definitive guide to identifying and understanding America's domestic architecture /
Virginia
Savage
McAlester ; with drawings by Suzanne Patton Matty and photographs by Steve Clicque.
by
McAlester,
Virginia
,
1943-
Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Call #:
728.0973 M114f
Subjects
Architecture, Domestic -- United States.
Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- History.
ISBN:
9781400043590 (hc.)
140004359X (hc.)
Alternate title:
Guide to American houses : the definitive guide to identifying and understanding America's domestic architecture
American houses : the definitive guide to identifying and understanding America's domestic architecture
Edition:
Revised and expanded edition / Second edition.
Description:
xxv, 848 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes:
Revised and expanded from the original edition written by
Virginia
and Lee McAlester ; with drawings by Lauren Jarrett and model house drawings by Juan Rodriguez-Arnaiz.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Looking at American houses -- Folk houses -- Colonial houses (1600-1820) -- Romantic houses (1820-1880) -- Victorian houses (1860-1900) -- Eclectic houses (1880-1940) -- English and Anglo-American period houses -- French period houses -- Mediterranean and Spanish period houses -- Modern houses (1900-present) -- Early modern -- Bankers modern -- Mainstream modern -- Styled houses since 1935.
Summary:
A comprehensive guide to domestic architecture. Focusing on dwellings in urban and suburban neighborhoods and rural locations all across the continental United States, this guide provides in-depth information on the essentials, with facts and frames of reference that will enable you to look in a fresh way at the houses around you.
Other authors:
Matty, Suzanne Patton.
Clicque, Steve.
McAlester, A. Lee (Arcie Lee), 1933-
Jarrett, Lauren.
Rodriguez-Arnaiz, Juan.
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