Houses From Books

Author : Daniel D. Reiff
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0271044195

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Houses from Books by Daniel D. Reiff Pdf

Many homes across America have designs based on plans taken from pattern books or mail-order catalogs. In Houses from Books, Daniel D. Reiff traces the history of published plans and offers the first comprehensive survey of their influence on the structure and the style of American houses from 1738 to 1950. Houses from Books shows that architectural publications, from Palladio&’s I Quattro Libri to Aladdin's Readi-Cut Homes, played a decisive role in every aspect of American domestic building. Reiff discusses the people and the firms who produced the books as well as the ways in which builders and architects adapted the designs in communities throughout the country. His book also offers a wide-ranging analysis of the economic and social conditions shaping American building practices. As architectural publication developed and grew more sophisticated, it played an increasingly prominent part in the design and the construction of domestic buildings. In villages and small towns, which often did not have professional architects, the publications became basic resources for carpenters and builders at all levels of expertise. Through the use of published designs, they were able to choose among a variety of plans, styles, and individual motifs and engage in a fruitful dialogue with past and present architects. Houses from Books reconstructs this dialogue by examining the links between the published designs and the houses themselves. Reiff&’s book will be indispensable to architectural historians, architects, preservationists, and regional historians. Realtors and homeowners will also find it of great interest. A catalog at the end of the book can function as a guide for those attempting to locate a model and a date for a particular design. Houses from Books contains a wealth of photographs, many by the author, that enhance its importance as a history and guide.

Author : Michael Meredith,Hilary Sample
Publisher : Corraini
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8875707049

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Houses for Sale by Michael Meredith,Hilary Sample Pdf

Journey with architects Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample through the history of architecture on their quest to find a perfect home In Houses for Sale, architects Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample of MOS Architects invite readers on their family's quest for a new home through the annals of architectural history, exploring details and peculiarities from some of the greatest names in architecture. When they realize that there isn't any one house that suits them perfectly, they decide to design their own. In doing so, Meredith and Sample come to the conclusion that no building is perfect and that architecture is an exciting, ever-evolving project in which the process of bringing a new building to life through design and construction can be even more satisfying than the final product itself.Published in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Houses for Sale is a charming and thoughtful introduction to architecture's varied history, with full-color illustrations and simple text that are suitable for aspiring young designers and experienced architects alike.

Author : Borislav Pekić
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0810111411

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The Houses of Belgrade by Borislav Pekić Pdf

The Bernard Johnson translation of Pekic's prize-winning novel. Originally published by Harcourt in 1978. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Giles Laroche
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547238920

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If You Lived Here by Giles Laroche Pdf

Features detailed, bas-relief collage spreads of dwellings in other world regions and historical times to explain how different people live and have lived, from a village house in South Africa to a floating green house in the Netherlands.

Author : Einar Turkowski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1592701833

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Houses Floating Home by Einar Turkowski Pdf

Mysterious, a bit dark, and completely riveting, this book, imbued with the world of classic fairytales, fascinates and invites.

Author : Ann Scowcroft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1926829670

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The Truth of Houses by Ann Scowcroft Pdf

Poetry. At once wise and achingly at a loss, Ann Scowcroft's THE TRUTH OF HOUSES is an elegant debut collection. While very intimate--even startlingly intimate at times--the voices of these poems are constantly taking a step backward, wrestling for a measure of distance and perspective. Reading them, we eavesdrop on the uncovering of a personal vernacular that might allow the present to be better lived; we have the sense of overhearing a particular yet eerily familiar inner struggle--a struggle for insight, for an equanimity with which both narrator and fortunate reader might re-enter life anew.

Author : Margaret Culbertson
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0890968632

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Texas Houses Built by the Book by Margaret Culbertson Pdf

"In addition to identifying design sources actually used in Texas, Culbertson provides personal background information on several of the original owners, many of whom were prosperous and respected members of their communities. By providing such contextual information about the houses and their owners, Culbertson shows that using designs published in magazines and catalogues was socially and culturally acceptable during this period." "The book closes with an in-depth look at the use of published designs in one particular community, Waxahachie, and the place of these houses within the community and in the lives of their original owners."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Barbara J. Howe
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0761989293

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Houses and Homes by Barbara J. Howe Pdf

This volume in the Nearby History series helps the reader document the history of a home. The reader will learn to examine written records, oral testimonies, visual sources, and the house's surroundings. The author covers American housing patterns, the individual characteristics of houses in different regions, construction techniques and materials, household technology, and family life styles. Houses and Homes is Volume 2 in The Nearby History Series.

Author : Will Jones
Publisher : Herbert Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 1912217112

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How to Read Houses by Will Jones Pdf

Author : Virginia Lee Burton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781328741943

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The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton Pdf

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

Author : Christina Hardyment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 1851244808

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Novel Houses by Christina Hardyment Pdf

Novel Houses' visits unforgettable dwellings in twenty legendary works of English and American fiction. Each chapter stars a famous novel in which a dwelling is pivotal to the plot, and reveals how personally significant that place was to the writer who created it.0We discover Uncle Tom's Cabin's powerful influence on the American Civil War, how essential 221B Baker Street was to Sherlock Holmes and the importance of Bag End to the adventuring hobbits who called it home. It looks at why Bleak House is used as the name of a happy home and what was on Jane Austen's mind when she worked out the plot of Mansfield Park. Little-known background on the dwellings at the heart of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast and Stella Gibbon's Cold Comfort Farm emerges, and the real life settings of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and E.M. Forster's Howards End, so fundamental to their stories, are shown to relate closely to their authors' passions and preoccupations. 0A winning combination of literary criticism, geography and biography, this is an entertaining and insightful celebration of beloved novels and the extraordinary role that houses grand and small, imagined and real, or unique and ordinary, play in their continuing popularity.

Author : Phaidon Editors
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 071487809X

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Houses by Phaidon Editors Pdf

The world's most innovative and influential architect-designed houses created since the early 20th century Throughout history, houses have presented architects the world over with infinite opportunities to experiment with new methods and materials for domestic living. Houses: Extraordinary Living celebrates the incredible diversity and beauty of the house as never before, from Modernist icons to feats of technological, material, and spatial innovation in the 21st century. Explore the creative imaginations of hundreds of internationally renowned architects past and present, as well as dozens of awe-inspiring houses by lesser-known and emerging talents.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Beta Plus
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architectural woodwork
ISBN : 9089441123

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The 100 Best Interiors & Houses in Wood by Anonim Pdf

This innovative new series documents, through the use of stunning colour photographs, 100 of the very best designs and projects relating to a specific room or feature. Each title displays a variety of different interior design and architectural styles, ensuring that every reader finds inspiration to utilise in his or her own home. The 100 Best Interiors and Houses in Wood showcases a compilation of the most beautiful and inspirational wooden architecture and interior design from the past ten years, with most projects never published before in an English version. Wim Pauwels, founder and managing director of Beta-Plus Publishing, began putting out a series of books in 1997 about architecture and interior design. So far the company has published more than 250 titles dedicated to certain themes (such as living rooms, bathrooms, kitchens, children's rooms, antique building materials, restoration, renovation, gardens and swimming pools), plus monographs of architects and interior designers, manuals and yearbooks about timeless and contemporary architecture and interiors. For each book he enlists the assistance of authoritative specialists for the introductory texts and photograph captions.

Author : Delphine Krakoff,Reed Krakoff
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780847860043

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Houses That We Dreamt Of by Delphine Krakoff,Reed Krakoff Pdf

Combining the sophistication of luxury interiors, the innovation of period and contemporary furniture and art, and the glamour of fashion, the homes of Delphine and Reed Krakoff are inspirational and unforgettable. This is the long-awaited monograph on the homes of Delphine and Reed Krakoff, unique voices in contemporary American design. Passion and obsession has driven the creation of their homes, each a master class in combining a grand space with world-class furnishings and artworks, with a savoir faire that only an American fashion designer (Reed) and a Paris-trained interior decorator (Delphine) can possess. Because of the unique lens that the Krakoffs train on their spaces, combining expertise in crafting the architectural space with their personal design and art collections and a refined understanding of livable spaces, these rooms are personal and inviting. Some of their houses have been widely published to acclaim, while others are presented here for the first time. With texts from personal friends of the Krakoffs, such as Martha Stewart, Hamish Bowles, Simon Doonan, Tory Burch, and Jacques Grange, who are brilliant designers and writers in their own right, the book will inspire interiors and design lovers with these projects of passion and finesse that represent dreams realized.

Author : J. Scott
Publisher : Biggerpockets Publishing, LLC
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1947200100

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The Book on Flipping Houses by J. Scott Pdf

This no-fluff book contains detailed, step-by-step training perfect for both the complete newbie or seasoned pro looking to build a killer house-flipping business. In this book you'll discover: --How to get financing for your deals, even with no cash and poor credit! --How to evaluate a potential market or "farm" area! --What types of properties you should buy, where and from whom! --How to find great deals from motivated sellers! --How to evaluate deals quickly and accurately! --How to make competitive offers and complete your due diligence efficiently and effectively! --How to create a Scope of Work, a Budget and a Schedule! --How to hire the best contractors and manage your rehab to completion! --How to get your properties under contract for top dollar! --How to get your property to the closing table as efficiently as possible so you can collect your check!