American Homes: An Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Domestic Architecture; Author: Walker, Lester; Introduction: Moore, Charles; Hardcover

Author: Walker, Lester; Introduction: Moore, Charles
Hardcover; Illustrated
Black Dog and Leventhal Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1579122523

A landmark of architectural history, American Homes surveys over 100 American housing styles and illustrates them through nearly 1000 line drawings. Using his own unique combination of exploded diagrams and floor plans and easy-to-follow text, award-winning architect and author Lester Walker has created the definitive bible of home design, fully practical but wonderful, too, for armchair browsing and dreaming.Walker describes each style's signature features, and how, where, when and why the style developed in response to the landscape. The full evolution of American residentialarchitecture is represented, including: -- Dutch Colonials-- Log cabins-- Southern plantation mansions-- Carpenter Gothics-- Neo-modern styles -- and more.For anyone who has eve