American House Styles: A Concise Guide

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“An attractive ancient account and a stupendous, sensible useful resource.” ―Booklist

Colonial, Neoclassical, Queen Anne, Craftsman―what distinguishes one architectural taste from every other? This distinctive guide will permit readers to acknowledge the architectural options and elegance of just about any Area they stumble upon. Right here, architect John Milnes Baker explains the ancient, cultural, and technical affects that formed each and every of those Types and plenty of extra. Arranged during times, from Early Colonial (1600–1715) to the Up to date Motion (1920–60) and past, this excursion of The usa’s numerous residential structure is rendered in elevation drawings that exactly illustrate the important thing features of each and every taste.

Nearly 25 years because the unique e-newsletter of American Area Types, this up to date adaptation features a new preface and Area Types from the mid-Nineteen Nineties to the current―from the upward push and fall of the McMansion to power-environment friendly, domestically motivated properties. The illustrations, now in Colour, are extra pleasant than ever in a brand new, higher layout. This a should-have quantity for any individual fascinated by structure or including slightly of favor to their house.

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