Arts And Crafts Houses I: Red House; Author: Bexleyheath, Kent; Joint Author: Webb, Philip; Hardback; Book

Author: Bexleyheath, Kent; Joint Author: Webb, Philip
Architecture 3s; Hardback; Book; 45 Colour & 165 B&w Illustrations, 60 Line Drawing
184 pages
Published: July 1999
Phaidon Press Ltd
ISBN: 0714838756

These houses are beautiful studies in Arts and Crafts design. The influential Red House, designed for William Morris in 1859, is a seminal 'modern' building, conceived as a whole both inside and out. Melsetter House was designed by William Lethaby, a disciple of Morris and Webb; it embodies the principles of simplicity, strength and harmony with nature. Goddards was one of several Arts and Crafts houses which Lutyens designed in Surrey, and is notable for his subtle handling of materials and colours. While the three buildings vary in setting, they share common themes and studying them together allows the reader a deeper insight into the development of Arts and Crafts domestic architecture.Buildings by Philip Webb, William Lethaby and Edward Lutyens. Part of a series that places buildings within their historical context, this text considers Philip Webb's Red House, William Lethaby's Melsetter House and Edward Lutyen's Goddards. It includes specially produced technical drawings that explain how the buildings were detailed and put together.