American houses / Philip Langdon.

Main entry:

Langdon, Philip.

Title & Author:

American houses / Philip Langdon.

Publication:

New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, ©1987.
New York : Distributed by Workman Publishing, 1987.

Description:

255 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (page 248) and index.
Settings -- The forms and features of new houses -- Energy and climate -- Construction and craftsmanship -- Old buildings, modern uses -- The quest for richness.

Summary:

Townhouses designed especially for single-parent families, with a "tot-lot" and a common laundry, are proliferating. For residents of the Sun City retirement community in Arizona, houses arranged in giant concentric circles create a framework of interrelatedness. Housing aimed at well-defined segments of the population as a trend in the American housing industry is explored in this survey. Based on his travels across the country, Langdon's report celebrates, in words and photographs, the diversity of contemporary houses--from mobile homes to modular Colonials, from superinsulated and passive-solar designs to mixed-use urban complexes. Langdon also describes the growing popularity of restoration projects, architects' and planners' battles with government regulations and the conversion of schools and factories into apartments. ISBN 0-941434-96-6: $29.95 (For use only in the library).

ISBN:

0941434966
9780941434966

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic United States.
Dwellings United States History 20th century.
Architecture and energy conservation United States.
Buildings Remodeling for other use United States.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Habitations États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture et économies d'énergie États-Unis.
Constructions Reconversion États-Unis.
Buildings Remodeling for other use
Architecture and energy conservation
Architecture, Domestic
Dwellings
Bildband
Haus
United States
USA
Architecture, Domestic -- United States
Dwellings -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 8068
Call No.: ID:87-B13158
Status: Available

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