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American shelter : an illustrated encyclopedia of the American home  Cover Image Book Book

American shelter : an illustrated encyclopedia of the American home / Lester Walker ; preface by Charles Moore.

Walker, Les. (Author).

Summary:

Diagrams trace the development of American house styles from the Indian longhouse to a proposed space settlement and indicate characteristic features of each design.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0879518715
  • ISBN: 0879514825 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780879518714
  • Physical Description: 333 pages : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm
  • Edition: Rev. ed.
  • Publisher: Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1997, ©1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-330) and index.
Subject: Architecture, Domestic > United States.
Vernacular architecture > United States.
Architecture domestique > États-Unis.
Architecture vernaculaire > États-Unis.
Architecture, Domestic.
Vernacular architecture
United States.
Architecture domestique > États-Unis.
Architecture vernaculaire > États-Unis.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Preface 14(2)
Introduction 16(5)
The Indians 21(18)
Earth Lodge
22(2)
Pueblo
24(2)
Pole and Thatch
26(2)
Tipi
28(2)
Longhouse
30(2)
Wigwam
32(2)
Hogan
34(2)
Plank House
36(3)
The Settlers 39(285)
Spanish Cottage
40(2)
English Cottage
42(4)
Medieval
46(4)
Log Cabin
50(6)
Stone Ender
56(2)
Dutch Colonial
58(4)
Cross House
62(2)
Jacobean
64(2)
Garrison House
66(2)
Saltbox
68(4)
German Colonial
72(4)
Southern Colonial
76(2)
New England Farmhouse
78(4)
Plantation Colonial
82(6)
Cape Cod
88(4)
French Colonial
92(2)
Georgian
94(4)
Federal
98(2)
Jeffersonian Classicism
100(4)
Adam
104(2)
Regency
106(2)
Greek Revival
108(4)
Spanish Colonial
112(2)
Shaker
114(2)
Egyptian Revival
116(2)
Monterey
118(2)
Shacks and Shanties
120(2)
Early Gothic Revival
122(4)
Cottage
126(2)
Carpenter Gothic
128(4)
Steamboat Gothic
132(2)
Italian Villa
134(2)
Swiss Cottage
136(2)
Italianate
138(2)
Octagon
140(2)
False Front
142(2)
Renaissance Revival
144(2)
Stick
146(2)
Second Empire
148(2)
High Victorian Gothic
150(2)
Queen Anne
152(4)
Eastlake
156(2)
Richardsonian Romanesque
158(2)
Norman
160(2)
Shingle
162(6)
Baled Hay and Sod
168(2)
Chateausque
170(2)
Georgian Revival
172(2)
Mission
174(2)
Tudor
176(2)
Classic Revival
178(2)
Craftsmen
180(2)
Wrightian
182(4)
Bungalow
186(6)
Bay Region
192(4)
Prairie
196(2)
Pueblo Revival
198(2)
Colonial Revival
200(2)
Fantasy
202(8)
Spanish Colonial Revival
210(2)
Period
212(4)
International
216(4)
Art Moderne
220(2)
Northwestern
222(2)
Rammed Earth
224(2)
Quonset Hut
226(2)
Mobile Home
228(6)
California Ranch
234(4)
Meisian
238(4)
Prefabricated
242(4)
High Tech
246(2)
Roof Architecture
248(2)
A-Frame
250(2)
Contractor Modern
252(2)
Neocolonial
254(6)
Split Level
260(4)
Coverted Train Car
264(2)
Pole House
266(2)
Brutalism
268(2)
Free Form
270(2)
Geodesic Dome
272(4)
Modular
276(2)
Silo and Yurt
278(2)
Floating House
280(4)
New Shingle
284(8)
International Revival
292(4)
Inflatable
296(2)
Passive Solar
298(2)
Active Solar
300(2)
Earth Sheltered
302(2)
Post Modern
304(4)
Deconstruction
308(4)
Neomodern
312(4)
Everyday and the Ordinary
316(8)
Space 2000
Glossary 324(4)
Bibliography 328(4)
Index to Architects 332


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