American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... design is not at stake here , but rather the design's active ingredients ... vernacular house , the so - called I - house , which has been adequately de ... vernacular buildings . We hope to promote visual analysis of design properties ...
... design is not at stake here , but rather the design's active ingredients ... vernacular house , the so - called I - house , which has been adequately de ... vernacular buildings . We hope to promote visual analysis of design properties ...
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... vernacular is direct . Vernacular design may wax sentimental in the hands of the overindulgent , or it may be brutal in registering the lack of adequate distribution of wealth in our society . But in the main the vernacular repre- sents ...
... vernacular is direct . Vernacular design may wax sentimental in the hands of the overindulgent , or it may be brutal in registering the lack of adequate distribution of wealth in our society . But in the main the vernacular repre- sents ...
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... vernacular architectural elements adapted to more modern design . American Vernacular Design 1870-1940 is an illustrated glossary of the architectural elements that were most commonly used between the Civil War and World War II and of ...
... vernacular architectural elements adapted to more modern design . American Vernacular Design 1870-1940 is an illustrated glossary of the architectural elements that were most commonly used between the Civil War and World War II and of ...
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 FAĆADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood