American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... traditional American architecture that was passed on to suc- cessive generations of builders and designers through the ... tradition was broadcast . The sharing of values that characterizes folk vernacular architecture in other cultures ...
... traditional American architecture that was passed on to suc- cessive generations of builders and designers through the ... tradition was broadcast . The sharing of values that characterizes folk vernacular architecture in other cultures ...
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... tradition has been eclectic , taking the best of the past and using it in the present . To our way of thinking , the industrialization of the vernacular tradition made it possible to express our convictions , our agreements about the ...
... tradition has been eclectic , taking the best of the past and using it in the present . To our way of thinking , the industrialization of the vernacular tradition made it possible to express our convictions , our agreements about the ...
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... tradition . To find river rock and rubble applications , one looks in rural areas . Texture is very much at stake in using these materials , but so is the placement of units . Most of the de- sign in this idiom wants the stone to look ...
... tradition . To find river rock and rubble applications , one looks in rural areas . Texture is very much at stake in using these materials , but so is the placement of units . Most of the de- sign in this idiom wants the stone to look ...
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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 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 metal millwork moldings motifs muntins organization ornament overall PAIRED PALLADIAN WINDOW PANEL AND GLASS 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 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