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Title: A Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia McAlester, Lee McAlester, Juan Rodriguez-Arnaiz, Lauren Jarrett (Illustrator) ISBN: 0-394-73969-8 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 12 May, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (29 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Very useful for this novice
Comment: A very useful reference, even for those (like me) just starting to understand different styles of homes. My only gripes: more photos, color photos, and more specific information on the photos would be more useful.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Contemporary Classic Saves Architectural Books Forever
Comment: Are the differences of the Ionic, Doric, or Corinthian Columns a little fuzy to you? And are these columns found on Early Classical Revival, Greek Revival, or Italiante? (it's a little tricky, they can all three be found on all three but rarely together). McAlestor & McAlestor have transformed a world of bleak descriptions and bland designs and turned them into an understand system of brillant diagrams and excellent pictures. This book was assigned in my historic architecture/preservation class and serves as the DEFINITIVE SOURCE for architectural identification. Buy it and throw it in the car. The world has made some great houses and McAlestor does the BEST JOB of explaining it to all of us!!!
Rating: 4
Summary: An indispensable tool
Comment: I stand in awe of the amount of work that must have gone into this book. Photographs of existing examples of every style of architecture (from #1, a Winnebago bark wigwam, to a sampling of NeoVictorians) in every region of the United States dominate its pages (their size is the only reason I don't rate it at five stars: you'll definitely want a magnifier). A lengthy (61pp) preface explains the roots of American house styles and all their basic elements, from plans and shapes to methods of construction to decorative details. Each chapter concentrates on a basic style, from "Pre-Railroad" (log cabins and plains soddies, including a splendid series of sketches showing the former's possible permutations) through "NeoEclectic" and "Contemporary Folk;" all include a map showing the locations in which that type was common and the period of its outward spread, and most have ink sketches of details such as doors, windows, roofs, and general shape. Whether you're a dedicated "house-walker" or just curious about the kinds of houses people have lived in over our nation's history, this comfortably sized and clearly illustrated volume should be on your shelf. I refer to it regularly in writing about past house styles.
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Title: Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms: 1600-1945 by John J. G. Blumenson, Nikolaus Pevsner ISBN: 0393306100 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: March, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: American House Styles: A Concise Guide by John Milnes Baker ISBN: 0393034216 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture by Rachel Carley ISBN: 0805045635 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: What Style Is It?: A Guide to American Architecture by John C. Poppeliers, S. Allen Chambers, Nancy B. Schwartz, Historic American Buildings Survey ISBN: 0471144347 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 29 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: American Architecture since 1780: A Guide to the Styles by Marcus Whiffen ISBN: 0262730979 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 04 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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