Architectural Styles

Architectural Styles

Author: Owen Hopkins

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Published: 2014-09-08

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 1780676387

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Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Gothic and Gothic Revival, or how to distinguish between Baroque and Neoclassical? This guide makes extensive use of photographs to identify and explain the characteristic features of nearly 300 buildings. The result is a clear and easy-to-navigate guide to identifying the key styles of western architecture from the classical age to the present day.


A Handbook of Architectural Styles

A Handbook of Architectural Styles

Author: Albert Rosengarten

Publisher:

Published: 1878

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13:

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The view is essentially that of an academic and classical professor, and one brought up not only in familiarity with the best examples of ancient art, but with the habit of mind which occurs to classic and especially to Greek originals, both as a standard of taste and as models for the architectural treatment of modern works...


American House Styles

American House Styles

Author: John Milnes Baker

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780393323252

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America has an abundance of fascinating and varied house styles, as fascinating and diverse as its people. This unique book will allow readers to recognize the architectural features and style of virtually any house they encounter.


A Concise History of Architectural Styles

A Concise History of Architectural Styles

Author: Emily Cole

Publisher: Herbert Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9780713667448

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This beautiful book explores the development of architecture around the world from the ancient civilisations of Egypt and the Near East through the Industrial Revolution. It presents a diverse series of building styles and architectural detailing which will fascinate and delight everyone who is interested in buildings and how they have developed over the years. The book is illustrated with drawings and beautifully detailed engraved plates. Most of these are from early sources, and their extended captions provide a comprehensive naming of architectural elements. The captions are also a useful guide to architectural terminology. The book is a must for anyone interested in the story of architecture.


How to Read Buildings

How to Read Buildings

Author: Carol Davidson Cragoe

Publisher: Herbert Press

Published: 2018-03-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781912217304

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How to Read Buildings is a practical primer to looking at architecture and all the elements that are included in buildings, from cornices and friezes to columns and porticos - all facets of buildings are included. Each chapter takes an architectural element and looks at its variety across various historical periods and geographical locations. Examples are shown through dozens of fine engravings with extended captions, creating a dip-in read and an effective I-Spy guide. Additional sections look at the clues offerred by history, geography and religion (with a timeline showing how and where architectural elements have been introduced), and at the significance of the ornaments.


Under Every Roof

Under Every Roof

Author: Patricia Brown Glenn

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-10-19

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0470593598

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This book is a delightful guide to understanding and identifying architectural styles for kids and their parents Why do houses look the way they do? Why do dome have small windows, while others seem to be all glass? Why do some hug the landscape, while others are tall with very steep roofs? Why do dome people live in mansions, while others live in mobile houses? Can you imagine a house that looks like an elephant or a shoe? Children and adults will learn about the history of domestic architecture, the styles of the houses we live in, and the terms for the architectural elements that compose the buildings. Use the pictorial field guide to investigate your own house, then take it along on family outings to identify different architectural details. Under Every Roof features more than 60 houses from 30 states and the District of Columbia that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places; many of these are house museums that are open to the public. Kids need to understand the house they live in, so the book also includes a wide variety of regional styles and architectural types. The full-color, watercolor illustrations add a unique, gentle humor to the text.


British Architectural Styles

British Architectural Styles

Author: Trevor Yorke

Publisher: England's Living History

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13:

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A compact and useful guide, filled with detailed drawings, to help put a date on the variety of buildings one sees when travelling through Britain. This guide covers an immense range of structures and styles from 1500 to 1950. In addition, it includes a glossary of architectural terms and a historical time chart. This book will prove an invaluable


Building Character

Building Character

Author: Charles L. Davis II

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2019-09-06

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0822986639

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In the nineteenth-century paradigm of architectural organicism, the notion that buildings possessed character provided architects with a lens for relating the buildings they designed to the populations they served. Advances in scientific race theory enabled designers to think of “race” and “style” as manifestations of natural law: just as biological processes seemed to inherently regulate the racial characters that made humans a perfect fit for their geographical contexts, architectural characters became a rational product of design. Parallels between racial and architectural characters provided a rationalist model of design that fashioned some of the most influential national building styles of the past, from the pioneering concepts of French structural rationalism and German tectonic theory to the nationalist associations of the Chicago Style, the Prairie Style, and the International Style. In Building Character, Charles Davis traces the racial charge of the architectural writings of five modern theorists—Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, Gottfried Semper, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and William Lescaze—to highlight the social, political, and historical significance of the spatial, structural, and ornamental elements of modern architectural styles.


Louisiana Architecture

Louisiana Architecture

Author: Jonathan Fricker

Publisher: University of Louisiana

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13:

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Introduction to architectural styles that have shaped Louisiana's landscapes.


House Styles in America

House Styles in America

Author: James C. Massey

Publisher: Penguin Putnam

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780140281125

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This beautifully illustrated tour of America's houses begins in 1640 with the early roots of American style -- a combination of European skill and attitude combined with American know-how. This architectural journey continues on through the 18th and 19th centuries, through the Greek Revival, the Americanization of the Gothic Revival, and the early Colonial Revival. The houses of the 20th century are the main attraction as House Styles in America delves into the major movements in the Romantic Revivals of the 1920s and 1930s: English, French, and Spanish. Replete with 200 color photographs, this architectural journey is an essential and beautiful guide for realtors, tourists, and students of architecture.