| Here is the grand sweep of American domestic architecture . . . from mud pueblos to solar-heated contemporaries, from log cabins to town houses, from sod huts to Greek Revival mansions. Spanning roughly 500 years, the dwellings reveal a remarkable variety of styles and approaches. Noted illustrator A.G. Smith has rendered over 40 extant structures in crisp, detailed drawings. Rich informative captions date and identify each house as well as describing important architectural features, methods and materials of construction, and historical background, and showing how Old World architectural styles were adapted and modified in America. Paperback, 42 black-and-white illustrations, 11 in color on covers, 48 pages.ISBN:486244725. DOVER |
