American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... that help uncover the vernacu- lar in terms of experience and meaning . But that is not at issue in this work . Instead , we have started with the physical prop- X erties of the products and the design schemes that result.
... that help uncover the vernacu- lar in terms of experience and meaning . But that is not at issue in this work . Instead , we have started with the physical prop- X erties of the products and the design schemes that result.
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... prop- erty values , yet has always been scaled so as to be accessible to a range of income levels . But symbolically it has stood for much more than the prospective capital gains of our economic system . Alan Gowans sees vernacular ...
... prop- erty values , yet has always been scaled so as to be accessible to a range of income levels . But symbolically it has stood for much more than the prospective capital gains of our economic system . Alan Gowans sees vernacular ...
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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 PARAPET pattern pediment piers pilasters placement planes porch porch roof PORTE-COCHERE portico prairie projecting rails rowhouse rustic SASH SASH WINDOWS shape shingles side elevations sills SOMETIMES space stack STEEPLE STICKWORK stone stretchers 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