American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... tion is evident in the handling of entrances ; one has pri- mary street frontage and the other faces a side street or another building . On the other hand , end - to - end orientation produced a co- herent design . The entire building ...
... tion is evident in the handling of entrances ; one has pri- mary street frontage and the other faces a side street or another building . On the other hand , end - to - end orientation produced a co- herent design . The entire building ...
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... tion and Study Institute , 1979 . The Vitrolite Company ( catalog ) . Chicago : The Vitrolite Co. , 1927 . Von Holst , Hermann Valentin . Modern American Homes . 1913 ; Reprint of Country and Suburban Homes of the Prairie School Period ...
... tion and Study Institute , 1979 . The Vitrolite Company ( catalog ) . Chicago : The Vitrolite Co. , 1927 . Von Holst , Hermann Valentin . Modern American Homes . 1913 ; Reprint of Country and Suburban Homes of the Prairie School Period ...
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... tion , details , ornamentation The second section of the book shows how these different architectural elements were combined to create vernacular building styles . Included are illustrations and analyses of : gabled cottages · hipped ...
... tion , details , ornamentation The second section of the book shows how these different architectural elements were combined to create vernacular building styles . Included are illustrations and analyses of : gabled cottages · hipped ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 15 |
Roofs | 36 |
Towers Steeples Turrets | 56 |
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accent arcades arches ASHLAR bay window block boards brackets brick BUILDING TYPES built bungalow CHARACTERISTICS 2 STORIES CLADDING MATERIALS CLAPBOARD CLIPPED GABLE colonial color columns commercial buildings CORBELING corner CORNERBOARDS cornice COTTAGE WINDOW decorative DENTILS design elements door DORMER eaves END-WALL CHIMNEY entablature entrance FACADE FLARED FLAT floor frame FRIEZE front gable roof GABLED COTTAGE GAMBREL HEADER HIP ROOF HIPPED COTTAGE historic horizontal house types included interior light lintels mansard masonry ments millwork moldings motifs muntins organization ornament overall PAIRED PALLADIAN WINDOW PANEL AND GLASS PARAPET pattern pediment piers pilasters placement planes porch porch roof porte-cochere portico prairie projecting rails rowhouse rustic SASH SASH WINDOWS shape shingles sills SOMETIMES space stack STEEPLE STICKWORK stone structure stucco style SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION tent roof terra cotta texture tion tower TRANSOM treatments TYPICAL FAÇADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood