Description: This is a paper cover guide to American Architecture with some photos, text, line drawings and floor plans. It is in excellent condition. Has been lovingly stored for quite some time. I am listing many reference books on American Architectural styles. smoke free home, will combine shipping. A Field Guide to American Architecture traces the development of architectural styles in the United States from the simple wood house of the seventeenth century to the steel and glass towers of modern time. This handbook describes the historical background, construction materials, and basic structures and styles. The book is divided first by building function (residential, commercial, etc.) and then by specific architectural period. Technical terms are clearly defined throughout. Text is illustrated by examples from a unique and ongoing series of drawings of historic buildings which was started in the 1930s as part of a W.P.A. project. With use of these aids, a reader will be able to identify virtually any American structure within its period, and distinguish any later additions that have been added to the original structure. Here is a wonderful guide for walking tours through American cities. Streetscapes are history and Carole Rifkind shows the reader how fascinating it is to be able to read them.
Price: 8.25 USD
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Format: Paperback
Subject: Architecture & Design
Topic: Architecture
Language: English
Publication Year: 1980
Book Title: Field Guide to American Architecture
Author: Carole Rifkind
Publisher: Plume
Type: Field Guide
