A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifyi…

Description: About this productProduct InformationNow in paperback: the fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses. This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; expanded and completely new categories of house styles with photos and descriptions of each; an appendix on "Approaches to Construction in the 20th and 21st Centuries"; an expanded bibliography; and 600 new photographs and line drawings.Product IdentifiersPublisherKnopfISBN-100375710825ISBN-139780375710827eBay Product ID (ePID)210316057Product Key FeaturesFormatTrade PaperbackPublication Year2015LanguageEnglishDimensionsWeight54.3 OzWidth6.8in.Height1.6in.Length9.1in.Additional Product FeaturesDewey Edition23Table of ContentHow to Use This Book Preface Pictorial Key and Glossary LOOKING AT AMERICAN HOUSES Style: The Fashions of American Houses Form: The Shapes of American Houses Structure: The Anatomy of American Houses Neighborhoods: The Groupings of American Houses FOLK HOUSES Native American Pre-Railroad National Manufactured COLONIAL HOUSES (1600-1820) Postmedieval English Dutch Colonial French Colonial Spanish Colonial Georgian Federal Early Classical Revival ROMANTIC HOUSES (1820-1880) Greek Revival Gothic Revival Italianate Exotic Revivals Octagon VICTORIAN HOUSES (1860-1900) Second Empire Stick Queen Anne Shingle Richardsonian Romanesque Folk Victorian ECLECTIC HOUSES (1880-1940) English and Anglo-American Period Houses Colonial Revival Neoclassical Tudor French Period Houses Chateauesque Beaux Arts French Eclectic Mediterranean and Spanish Period Houses Italian Renaissance Mission Spanish Revival Monterey Pueblo Revival MODERN HOUSES (1900-present) Early Modern Prairie Craftsman Modernistic Bankers Modern Minimal Traditional Ranch Split-Level Mainstream Modern International Contemporary Shed Other 20th-Century Modern 21st-Century Modern STYLED HOUSES SINCE 1935 Mansard Styled Ranch Millennium Mansion New Traditional American Vernacular APPENDIX Approaches to Construction in the 20th and 21st Centuries Notes For Further Reference Acknowledgments About the Illustrations Photo Credits IndexIllustratedYesDewey Decimal728.370973Age LevelTradeCopyright Date2015AuthorVirginia Savage McalesterNumber of Pages880 PagesLc Classification NumberNa7110Reviews"Magisterial . . . The illustrated story of why our houses--great and humble and everything in between--look the way they do." --Michael Tortorello, The New York Times "Once you've pored through Virginia McAlester's photo-packed bible of American home design, you'll be able to identify the saltboxes, Dutch colonials, and brownstones lining your own street, and you'll understand the historical significance of each one." --Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly "The go-to resource for architecture spotters." --Peter Terzian, Elle Décor "Chronicles the past 400 years of American styles, from wigwam to mobile to modern." --Alexandra Wolfe, The Wall Street Journal "A classic." --Pilar Viladas, House Beautiful "Encyclopedic . . . For lovers of historic homes, this is a rich trove of not just details, but reasons for them." --Susan Clotfelter, The Denver Post "880 pages of scholarly wonder." -- D Magazine "The definitive guide to American housing styles." --Jim Weiker, The Columbus Dispatch "Outstanding . . . Expanded and completely revised . . . Both scholars and average readers will find much to enjoy in this volume." --Rebecca Vnuk, Booklist (starred review) From the Hardcover edition., "The most authoritative dictionary of the language spoken by the built environment . . . McAlester's book is excellent for the layperson who wants to wander about the neighborhood with a bit more authority, or perhaps for the homeowner who can't decide what kind of windows might look best. It's also useful to those of us who study preservation professionally, to bring our insistence that buildings are just as alive as plants--and just as worthy of careful, affectionate attention--into the broader cultural conversation about urban spaces. That conversation, in which the most mundane elements of building design are cast as characters in the story of a city, turns the streetscape into something greater than the brick and limestone it's made of. It's alive, noisy--and demands our close attention." --Angela Serratore, The New York Times Magazine "Magisterial . . . The illustrated story of why our houses--great and humble and everything in between--look the way they do." --Michael Tortorello, The New York Times "Once you've pored through Virginia McAlester's photo-packed bible of American home design, you'll be able to identify the saltboxes, Dutch colonials, and brownstones lining your own street, and you'll understand the historical significance of each one." --Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly "The go-to resource for architecture spotters." --Peter Terzian, Elle Décor "Chronicles the past 400 years of American styles, from wigwam to mobile to modern." --Alexandra Wolfe, The Wall Street Journal "A classic." --Pilar Viladas, House Beautiful "Encyclopedic . . . For lovers of historic homes, this is a rich trove of not just details, but reasons for them." --Susan Clotfelter, The Denver Post "880 pages of scholarly wonder." -- D Magazine "The definitive guide to American housing styles." --Jim Weiker, The Columbus Dispatch "Outstanding . . . Expanded and completely revised . . . Both scholars and average readers will find much to enjoy in this volume." --Rebecca Vnuk, Booklist (starred review), "The most authoritative dictionary of the language spoken by the built environment . . . McAlester's book is excellent for the layperson who wants to wander about the neighborhood with a bit more authority, or perhaps for the homeowner who can't decide what kind of windows might look best. It's also useful to those of us who study preservation professionally, to bring our insistence that buildings are just as alive as plants--and just as worthy of careful, affectionate attention--into the broader cultural conversation about urban spaces. That conversation, in which the most mundane elements of building design are cast as characters in the story of a city, turns the streetscape into something greater than the brick and limestone it's made of. It's alive, noisy--and demands our close attention." --Angela Serratore, The New York Times Magazine "Magisterial . . . The illustrated story of why our houses--great and humble and everything in between--look the way they do." --Michael Tortorello, The New York Times "Once you've pored through Virginia McAlester's photo-packed bible of American home design, you'll be able to identify the saltboxes, Dutch colonials, and brownstones lining your own street, and you'll understand the historical significance of each one." --Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly "The go-to resource for architecture spotters." --Peter Terzian, Elle Dcor "Chronicles the past 400 years of American styles, from wigwam to mobile to modern." --Alexandra Wolfe, The Wall Street Journal "A classic." --Pilar Viladas, House Beautiful "Encyclopedic . . . For lovers of historic homes, this is a rich trove of not just details, but reasons for them." --Susan Clotfelter, The Denver Post "880 pages of scholarly wonder." -- D Magazine "The definitive guide to American housing styles." --Jim Weiker, The Columbus Dispatch "Outstanding . . . Expanded and completely revised . . . Both scholars and average readers will find much to enjoy in this volume." --Rebecca Vnuk, Booklist (starred review)

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