Main entry:

Gowans, Alan, author.

Title & Author:

The comfortable house : North American suburban architecture, 1890-1930 / Alan Gowans ; bibliography by Lamia Doumato.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass : MIT Press, [1986]
©1986

Description:

xv, 246 pages : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-239) and index.
The comfortable house in its times -- The comfortable house in its suburban place -- The builders of post-Victorian America -- Diverse forms of comfortable building -- Colonial revival styles: Spanish, French, Dutch, German -- Colonial revival styles: English -- Classical revival (National Democratic) styles -- Medieval revival styles -- Picturesque styles -- The unified cultural matrix of architects, near architects, and non-architects in post-Victorian America.

Summary:

Provides a guide to the burst of styles used in suburban homes built between 1890 and 1930.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0262070952
9780262070959
0262570769
9780262570763

Subject:

Haus, ...
Schweiz Eidgenössischer Vorort
Suburban homes United States.
Suburban homes Canada.
Architecture, Domestic United States.
Architecture, Domestic Canada.
Maisons de banlieue États-Unis.
Maisons de banlieue Canada.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Architecture domestique Canada.
Architecture, Domestic
Suburban homes
Architektur
Vorstadt
Vorort
Haus
Canada
United States
Nordamerika
United States Residences Architectural design, 1890-1930

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 111064
Call No.: ID:86-B22462
Status: Available