Entrée principale:

Goodnow, Ruby Ross, author.

Titre et auteur:

The honest house : presenting examples of the usual problems which face the home-builder, together with an exposition of the simple architectural principles which underlie them: arranged especially in reference to small house design / by Ruby Ross Goodnow in collaboration with Rayne Adams; introduction by Frederick L. Ackerman.

Publication:

New York : Century Co., MCMXIV [1914]
©1914

Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 3-206 pages : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
"A list of useful books": p. 203-205.
The quest of the ideal house -- The value of the architect -- American houses and their European prototypes -- The practical problem of house building -- The vexatious matters of proportion and balance -- The useful and the beautiful -- The entourage of the country house -- Concerning color -- The materials -- Walls and their openings -- The consideration of the roof -- Details of small house design -- The column and its cornice -- The pleasure of porches -- The plan arrangement -- Good taste and common sense -- The shell of the house -- A plea for the hearth -- Details of interior design -- The tradition of wod paneling -- The decoration of walls -- The right use of curtains -- Before you buy your furniture -- A list of useful books.

Sujet:

Architecture, Domestic.
Dwellings.
Habitations.
dwellings.

Vedettes secondaires:

Adams, Rayne, author.
Ackerman, Frederick L., writer of introduction.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 88363
Cote: W9431; ID:86-B17363
Statut: Disponible