Country House
Country House

Author: Charles Edward Hooper

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 2009-03

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1429014547

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this 1905 text, author Charles Hooper aims to help American homeowners and builders to create their dream homes and gardens with a minimum of mistakes.

The American Country House
The American Country House

Author: Clive Aslet

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780300105056

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This magnificent book describes the great country houses built with American industrial fortunes from the end of the Civil War until 1940. The American Country House draws on the rich and often amusing writings of contemporaries to evoke the lives the buildings served as well as architectural shapes they took. 275 illustrations.

The Country Houses of John F. Staub
The Country Houses of John F. Staub

Author: Stephen Fox

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781585445950

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"This ambitious study of Staub's work by architectural historian Stephen Fox goes beyond a description of Staub's houses. Fox analyzes the roles of space, structure, and decoration in creating, defining, and maintaining social class structures and expectations and shows how Staub was able to incorporate these elements and understandings into the elegant buildings he designed for his clients. In the process, he contributes greatly to a fuller understanding of Houston's emergence as a premier American city."--BOOK JACKET.