American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... vernacular building . The time period under consideration , 1870-1940 , is framed by the post-- Civil War era and ... vernacular buildings . Vernacular buildings are broken down into their component parts in the first section and ...
... vernacular building . The time period under consideration , 1870-1940 , is framed by the post-- Civil War era and ... vernacular buildings . Vernacular buildings are broken down into their component parts in the first section and ...
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... vernacular buildings . We hope to promote visual analysis of design properties and to put vernacular design within the perspective of the Industrial Revolution's impact on American life . Furthermore , we intend to celebrate the ...
... vernacular buildings . We hope to promote visual analysis of design properties and to put vernacular design within the perspective of the Industrial Revolution's impact on American life . Furthermore , we intend to celebrate the ...
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... vernacular is not historicism for its own sake , nor is it normative either , since it does not promise the good so- ciety . The vernacular is present - oriented , contemporary ; it de- clares what the current state of civilization has ...
... vernacular is not historicism for its own sake , nor is it normative either , since it does not promise the good so- ciety . The vernacular is present - oriented , contemporary ; it de- clares what the current state of civilization has ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 15 |
Roofs | 36 |
Towers Steeples Turrets | 56 |
Copyright | |
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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 FAĆADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood