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

Description: A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised) by Virginia Savage McAlester 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Now 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.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. Author Biography VIRGINIA McALESTER, was educated at Radcliffe and attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is a founding member and past president of Preservation Dallas and also of Friends of Fair Park, the support group for a National Historic Landmark. She serves as an advisor emeritus for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She is the author ofThe Making of a Historic District- Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Texas, a 40-page booklet "how-to" published by the National Trust in 1975 that historic groups across the country have used as a guide in creating their historic districts. She is coauthor ofThe Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas- Great American Suburbs. Table of Contents How 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 Index Review "The most authoritative dictionary of the language spoken by the built environment . . . McAlesters book is excellent for the layperson who wants to wander about the neighborhood with a bit more authority, or perhaps for the homeowner who cant decide what kind of windows might look best. Its 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 its made of. Its 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 youve pored through Virginia McAlesters photo-packed bible of American home design, youll be able to identify the saltboxes, Dutch colonials, and brownstones lining your own street, and youll 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) Review Quote "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 Details ISBN0375710825 Author Virginia Savage McAlester Short Title FGT AMER HOUSES (REVISED) Pages 880 Language English ISBN-10 0375710825 ISBN-13 9780375710827 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2015 Subtitle The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding Americas Domestic Architecture Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Imprint Alfred A. Knopf DEWEY 728.0973 UK Release Date 2015-11-10 Publication Date 2015-11-10 AU Release Date 2015-11-10 NZ Release Date 2015-11-10 US Release Date 2015-11-10 Illustrations 1600+ ILLUSTRATIONS & MAPS Publisher Alfred A. 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