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Sturgis' Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture and BuildingAn Unabridged Rep…
Volume 1 of monumental 3-volume classic offers comprehensive and detailed coverage of architectural terms, individuals, and national styles. Total in set: over 100 photographs and more than 1,000 illustrations. Bibliography.
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- 9780486148403
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- 1 online resource (700 pages)
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Designs for Street Fronts, Suburban Houses and Cottages
Excellent sourcebook includes elevations of building fronts as well as enlarged drawings of architectural elements incorporated in these facades: residential entrances, cornices, a curved roof, dormer window, and much more. Indispensable archive for preservationists, restorationists, architectural historians, and urban archaeologists. 714 illustrations on 52 plates.
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- 9780486148380
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- 1 online resource (112 pages)
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Palliser's New Cottage Homes
Meticulous reproduction of the now-rare catalog originally issued in 1887 includes 1,500 detailed drawings of floor plans, elevations, perspective views, architectural details, and interior ornamentation; designs for villas, farmhouses, town and country places, barns, and city brick block houses; and fine-lined illustrations of windows, eaves, and other architectural elements.
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- 9780486148038
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- 1 online resource (160 pages)
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Biddle's Young Carpenter's Assistant
Philadelphia-based builder Owen Biddle was a major influence on later architects, thanks to this well-illustrated and much studied guide. One of the very first manuals of American architecture, this essential sourcebook offers authentic views of interior and exterior designs of buildings erected in the decades following the American Revolution. Reproduced from a rare 1805 edition, this handsome…
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- 9780486147673
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- 1 online resource (144 pages)
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Treasury of Ornamental Ironwork16th to 18th Centuries
Sixty vintage black-and-white plates illustrate the history of German decorative ironwork from the16th to the 18th centuries. A hard-to-find celebration of the diversity and enduring beauty of Germany's handcrafted iron embellishments, this magnificent edition exhibits striking views of metal doors, balconies, window arches, gates, corner pieces, decorative accessories, and more, many wrought w…
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- 9780486147536
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Old MexicoAn Architectural Pilgrimage
London-born architect Bossom's detailed sketches and commentary, and his wife's fine photographs, were published in 1924 in this handsome book which also includes 18th-century missions in California and San Antonio. Tiled facades, quiet courtyards, and other architectural elements are graphically preserved in this valuable record of classic Latin American architecture. 110 illustrations.
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- 9780486147505
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- 1 online resource (144 pages)
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Masterpieces of American Architecture
From the golden age of American architecture comes this splendid survey, documenting scores of masterpieces built between 1900 and 1930. More than 260 illustrations include plans, sections, exterior and interior details, and photographs. A sampling of featured buildings include Lincoln Memorial, Boston Public Library, Tribune Tower, and Woolworth Building.
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- 9780486147277
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- 1 online resource (240 pages)
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Wardway Homes, Bungalows, and Cottages, 1925
Meticulous reproduction of a rare catalog includes floor plans as well as exterior and interior views of 80 American homes, among them a handsome, three-story frame residence with six bedrooms and a cozy, three-room cottage measuring 18 feet by 22 feet. 94 black-and-white illustrations depict handsome stairways, French doors, and other amenities.
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- 9780486147246
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- 1 online resource (112 pages)
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Authentic Victorian Villas and CottagesOver 100 Designs with Elevations and F…
More than 100 magnificent home plans provide lovers of Victoriana the finest examples of period architecture. Compiled by Isaac Hobbs, a prominent Philadelphia architect of the period, the book also offers an informative discussion on the principles and practices of practical home design and construction. Designs and floor and ground plans for villas, cottages, and other residences are revealed…
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- 9780486147178
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- 1 online resource (272 pages)
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Best Homes of the 1920s
It has required years of painstaking effort...to bring before prospective home builders the hundreds of practical, money saving ideas offered by this system... A little study of each plan shown will convince any thoughtful person that these are, in reality, the most carefully planned homes in America. Better Homes at Lower Cost Faithfully reprinted from the Standard Homes Company's popular Bet…
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- 9780486147161
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- 1 online resource (80 pages)
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