California Bungalows of the Twenties

Author: Henry L. Wilson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048615680X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description
Reprint of rare catalog includes front or front-angled elevations, floor plans and interior sketches for dozens of authentic bungalow designs, many unique to the California landscape. Detailed descriptions point out special features and possibilities of each design, and include estimates of costs. 231 black-and-white illustrations.

The California Bungalow

Author: Robert Winter
Publisher: Los Angeles : Hennessey & Ingalls
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
Now in its fifth printing, this volume provides an architectural and social history of the turn-of-the-century, craftsman-style American dream house in which an owner of modest means could live simply and artistically. California provided the perfect landscape -- scenically, economically, and socially -- for the proliferation of examples ranging from do-it-yourselfers and mass-produced builders' cottages to the sophisticated artifacts of the Greene brothers and the Heinemans.

The Bungalow Book

Author: Henry L. Wilson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048613833X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Here are 112 of the most popular and economic blueprints of the early 20th century — plus an illustration or photograph of each completed house. A wonderful time capsule that still offers a wealth of valuable insights.

Storybook Style

Author: Arrol Gellner
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764353086
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
Storybook style, fairy tale, Disneyesque, Hansel and Gretel-these are all synonyms for what is surely the most delightful residential style of the twentieth century. With their romantic evocation of faraway lands and eras, storybook homes were created by architects and builders with a flair for theater, a love of fine craftsmanship, and above all a sense of humour-attributes that make them especially endearing to the jaded modern eye. The storybook style was born on the backlots of Hollywood in the 1920s, where brilliant set designers first learned to evoke the exotic architecture of medieval Europe and the Middle East. Movie-going Americans became fascinated with these settings, and architects and builders were quick to capitalise on this enthusiasm. The whimsical style soon spread from coast to coast, and the unforgettable results are portrayed here.

Craftsman Bungalows

Author: Jud Yoho
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Craftsman BungalowsJud YohoReprint of the deluxe edition published in Seattle in 1916Jud Yoho was a Seattle entrepreneur who offered plans for news homes basedon the Craftsman and Bungalow styles developed in the Arts and Craftsmovement. This pattern book contains photographs, floorplans and briefdescriptions of these "dream houses". The new introduction by DennisAndersen, an architectural historian, puts Yoho and this popular movement inperspective. This reprint will be of great interest to Arts and Crafts enthusiasts, homeowners, collectors, and architectural and social historians.

117 House Designs of the Twenties

Author: Gordon-Van Tine Co
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486269597
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
A reprint of a rare architect's catalog of 1923, presenting a full range of typical home designs of the period. Photographs, floor plans, and full descriptions of interior and exterior detailing. 345 black-and-white illustrations.

Sears House Designs of the Thirties

Author: Sears, Roebuck and Company
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486429946
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Proudly promoting itself as "the largest home building organization in the world," Sears, Roebuck and Company advertised its 1932 products in a handsome catalog that also displayed a full-size replica of Mount Vernon, created from Sears materials for a Paris exposition in 1932. At the heart of the publication were 68 designs for Sears houses, among them such handsome residences as the Belmont, a six-room house with vestibule, breakfast alcove, three bedrooms, and one-and-a-half baths; and the Dover, an English cottage with a massive chimney and unusual roof lines. A useful reference for people interested in preserving homes of this period, this volume will also be welcomed by anyone who relishes a glimpse of America's architectural past.

Historic Residential Suburbs

Author: David L. Ames
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description

Turn-of-the-Century House Designs

Author: William T. Comstock
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157687
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Designs and plans for constructing country homes with over 130 illustrations depicting interior and exterior designs, perspectives, and more.

Passages

Author: Gail Sheehy
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 069813866X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 632

Book Description
Learn how to better navigate the challenges of adult life with Gail Sheehy’s landmark bestseller—named one of the ten most influential books of our times by the Library of Congress. For decades, Gail Sheehy’s Passages has been inspiring readers to see the predictable crises of adult life as opportunities for growth. She charts the stages between 18 and 50 as unfolding in a pattern of adult development: once recognized, more easily managed. Passages is an insightful road map of adulthood that illustrates with vivid stories our continuing personality and sexual changes throughout the “Trying 20s,” “Catch 30s,” “Forlorn 40s,” and “Refreshed (or Resigned) 50s.” One comment is continuously repeated by men, women, singles, couples, and people who recover from a midlife crisis: “This book changed my life.”