A Field Guide to American Houses

Posted on 25 July 2018 by Virginia McAlester

The guide that enables you to identify, and place in their historic and architectural contexts, the houses you see in your neighborhood or in your travels across America 17th century to the present Book was reprinted in 2006 Best Download [ A Field Guide to American Houses ] author [ Virginia McAlester ] – kino-fada.fr Someday, I might like to own a house And if I own a house, I want to be able to say with some certainty what style it is So with those Very Important Dreams in hand, I purchased my very own copy of A Field Guide to American Houses The behemoth that arrived on my doorstep was intimidating 800 odd pages, black and white photographs, and so very many houses And I read And I peered at the pictures And I began to understand the development and evolution of housing in America How the stately h Someday, I might like to own a house And if I own a house, I want to be able to say with some certainty what style it is So with those Very Important Dreams in hand, I purchased my very own copy of A Field Guide to American Houses The behemoth that arrived on my doorstep was intimidating 800 odd pages, black and white photographs, and so very many houses And I read And I peered at the pictures And I began to understand the development and evolution of housing in America How the stately houses in the south, all sprawl and living porch, faded into the snug two story shingle style houses of the north ...I marked this as read, but this is a book that I enjoy savoring in small bites I m so sad I lost my copyReposted from my blog review response to A Field Guide to American Houses is that of a lay person However, the guide is the definitive reference book for architectural students A lay person such as myself doesn t read the guide with the close reading strategies of an English teacher rather, I read the book, and will continue reading it, through the lens of place and its rhetoric function in American homes and American...I thought I was the only house geek..but now I know I m not alone There are others, and look, now we have a book to encourage our obsessions I have always wondered how my old house would be classified I now know that I o...Ok, I admit it I cherish a sick pride in having read each of the 850 pages in Virginia McAlester s magnum opus.Unfortunately, I still can t tell the difference between many of these house styles, even with the author s patient guidance Italianate or Italian Renaissance Classical revival vs Greek revival vs Neoclassical And please, I need help with mullions, muntins and lintels aren t those small shellfish, not parts of windows Even after slowly digesting this book over the course of fou Ok, I admit it I cherish a sick pride in having read each of the 850 pages in Virginia McAlester s magnum opus.Unfortunately, I still can t tell the difference between many of these house styles, even with the author s patient guidance Italianate or Italian Renaissance Classical revival vs Greek revival vs Neoclassical And please, I need help with mullions, muntins and lintels aren t those smal...Virginia and Lee McAlester s A Field Guide to American Houses is a very useful tool for understanding both in describing and dating common American houses For many people, houses seem to be so common that they are not worth describing or thinking twice about, but I think when houses are observed with acritical eye, they can reveal a wealth of information about the people who built, bought, and lived in them They are documents from which history can be extracted With similarly held bel Virginia and Lee McAlester s A Field Guide to American Houses is a very useful tool for understanding both in describing and dating common American houses For many people, houses seem to be so common that they are not worth describing or thinking twice about, but I think when houses are observed w...Excellent reference source for tracking changes in architectural styles by region and time Pictures from across the country document influences and combinations It is amazing how many of the styles easily transferred from Chicago to Texas to Oklahoma to Pasadena Each pilaster identified So glad to have found this It is a good source to keep going back to until you have the differences between Gothic and Prairie firmly in mind Not so useful for 1980 and after, but starts with earliest A Excellent reference source for tracking changes in architectural styles by re...This book is an endlessly fascinating dream for anyone who is even mildly interested in domestic architecture I pored over its excellent collection of photographs and line drawings for hours I kind of want to buy it now For what purpose, I am not sure, but I feel like I need to own it.One of the best field guides for Human Geography projects I have often assigned this work to my students or suggested it for projects in historic architecture.Though the section I needed most, Dutch Colonial styles, is shorter than I would like, it still proves useful as a handy everyday reference.

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25 July 2018

Virginia McAlester