Georgian House Style

Georgian House Style

Author: Ingrid Cranfield

Publisher: David & Charles

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780715312261

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This source book for recreating the style and decor of the Georgian period, covers all aspects of internal and external plan and design, including gardens. It also provides information on how to restore, replace and care for period features.


Classic Georgian Style

Classic Georgian Style

Author: Henrietta Spencer-Churchill

Publisher: Gardners Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781855854789

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Henrietta Spencer-Churchill tours a variety of Georgian houses throughout the British Isles to give a fascinating overview of the period 1700 to 1830.


American Houses: The Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons

American Houses: The Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons

Author: Mary Miers

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 2006-11-07

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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Anne Fairfax and Richard Sammons are at the forefront of a movement among architects today who draw inspiration from the wellspring of the classical traditions in architecture. They have developed a body of work that reflects and adheres to the long-held theories of proportion and order passed down through many past generations of scholarship and practice. The firm's office also served as the headquarters for Henry Hope Reid's Classical America, the only organization offering an alternative to modernist aesthetics until the establishment of the Institute of Classical Architecture in 1992. The twenty-four projects in this volume show the firm's consistent focus on classical architectural beauty, whether the chosen style be Palladian, Tuscan, Mediterranean, Georgian, Adamesque, Neo-classical, British or Dutch Colonial, Colonial Revival, or even East Coast Shingle Style, in all of which Fairfax & Sammons are eminently proficient. The projects selected out of the firm's large body of work include country houses located in Connecticut, New York, Virginia, and Florida, including the renovation of town houses and apartments in New York City—all presented in new color photography.


A Field Guide to American Houses

A Field Guide to American Houses

Author: Virginia Savage McAlester

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2015-07-29

Total Pages: 881

ISBN-13: 0385353871

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The fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses. This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; expanded and completely new categories of house styles with photos and descriptions of each; an appendix on "Approaches to Construction in the 20th and 21st Centuries"; an expanded bibliography; and 600 new photographs and line drawings.


Great Houses of the South

Great Houses of the South

Author: Laurie Ossman

Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2010-03-23

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0847833097

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An exquisitely photographed collection of the great houses and mansions of the South. In the tradition of Rizzoli’s Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley and Great Houses of New England, Great Houses of the South features a stunning array of newly photographed homes that range over three centuries and are distinctive examples of the architecture of the region. While in popular imagination the "Southern Style" is embodied in the classic Southern plantation house with its Greek Revival detailing—its stately white columns, wide porch, and symmetrical shape—the houses themselves are much more various and engaging, as shown in this important volume. From stately Stanton Hall of Natchez, Mississippi, one of the most magnificent and palatial residences of antebellum America; to Longue Vue House and Gardens of New Orleans, the luxurious Classical Revival–style home of Edgar and Edith Stern; to the fabled Biltmore of Asheville, North Carolina, the opulent French Renaissance–inspired chateau and Gilded Age estate of George Washington Vanderbilt, this lavish volume is comprehensive in scope and a landmark work of enduring interest to homeowners, architects, architecture historians, and all those who love fine architecture.


American Country Houses of the Thirties

American Country Houses of the Thirties

Author: Lewis A. Coffin

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-07-16

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0486136868

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Blueprints, sketches, and exterior and interior photographs showcase the finest examples of 1930s country homes from 70 different architectural firms. A variety of styles are featured, from simple cottages to large estates.


American Colonial

American Colonial

Author: Wendell Garrett

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9783822882788

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Tracing some of the finest buildings and historic interiors of the American east coast, the entire range of Colonial design is covered, from the Puritan simplicity of the early days to the Georgian elegance of classic architecture and interiors.