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Book California Bungalows of the Twenties

Download or read book California Bungalows of the Twenties written by Henry L. Wilson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of rare catalog includes front or front-angled elevations, floor plans and interior sketches for dozens of authentic bungalow designs, many unique to the California landscape. Detailed descriptions point out special features and possibilities of each design, and include estimates of costs. 231 black-and-white illustrations.

Book Beautiful Bungalows of the Twenties

Download or read book Beautiful Bungalows of the Twenties written by Building Age Pub. and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handy reference displays a variety of handsome bungalows built in the early 1920s from Maine to California. Included are illustrations of charming bungalows for a small family, a farm bungalow with a novel siding treatment, a stucco bungalow design, a chalet in Los Angeles, and other models. 43 double-page spreads of halftones and line illustrations.

Book West Coast Bungalows of the 1920s

Download or read book West Coast Bungalows of the 1920s written by E. W. Stillwell & Co. and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-11 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is better to build a small house than to overburden the budget with debt for a larger one," advised the noted architectural firm of Stillwell & Company. In their guide to economical homes, the Los Angeles-based builders declared, "A beautiful small house is just as expressive of character, aims, and aspirations as the large house. Mere size is a waste of money and human endeavor." A reaction to the excesses of the Victorian era, the modest bungalow provided a practical, affordable answer to the huge demands of California's housing market in the 1920s. This handsome reprint of a Stillwell & Company catalog is an ideal resource for 21st-century bungalow buyers and renovators as well as for builders seeking details of authentic materials and techniques. Its 50 examples of the classic California bungalow style include magnificently reproduced photographs, in addition to floor plans, estimated costs, and descriptions of exteriors and interiors.

Book The California Bungalow

Download or read book The California Bungalow written by Robert Winter and published by Los Angeles : Hennessey & Ingalls. This book was released on 1980 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fifth printing, this volume provides an architectural and social history of the turn-of-the-century, craftsman-style American dream house in which an owner of modest means could live simply and artistically. California provided the perfect landscape -- scenically, economically, and socially -- for the proliferation of examples ranging from do-it-yourselfers and mass-produced builders' cottages to the sophisticated artifacts of the Greene brothers and the Heinemans.

Book The Bungalow Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henry L. Wilson
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 2012-03-08
  • ISBN : 048613833X
  • Pages : 162 pages

Download or read book The Bungalow Book written by Henry L. Wilson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are 112 of the most popular and economic blueprints of the early 20th century — plus an illustration or photograph of each completed house. A wonderful time capsule that still offers a wealth of valuable insights.

Book California Bungalows

Download or read book California Bungalows written by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1911 as the fourth edition of the Ye Planry Building Company Inc.'s catalog of bungalow plans, this reproduction serves as an informative resource for today's architects, homebuilders, and homeowners. This edition features 102 detailed, hand-drawn "pencil sketches" of floor plans alongside renderings and/or photographs of completed homes that are typical of the early Arts & Crafts Bungalow style. Each house plan, originally available from the company for $10 and complete with detailed lumber lists and specifications, is accompanied by a description of the building materials and finishes used for porches, mantels, chimneys, fixtures, and flooring and ceilings throughout. In addition, the informative foreword by E.B. Rust, the company's secretary, offers a detailed explanation of the defining features of a bungalow home and describes, with interior photography, many considerations for interior design. This is an ideal book for those looking to custom build a home today, for as the foreword states, "The bungalow is as practical as any type of home, in any locality, provided it is properly designed and built."

Book 117 House Designs of the Twenties

Download or read book 117 House Designs of the Twenties written by Gordon-Van Tine Co and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reprint of a rare architect's catalog of 1923, presenting a full range of typical home designs of the period. Photographs, floor plans, and full descriptions of interior and exterior detailing. 345 black-and-white illustrations.

Book The Californian Bungalow in Australia

Download or read book The Californian Bungalow in Australia written by Graeme Butler and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Storybook Style

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arrol Gellner
  • Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 9780764353086
  • Pages : 175 pages

Download or read book Storybook Style written by Arrol Gellner and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storybook style, fairy tale, Disneyesque, Hansel and Gretel-these are all synonyms for what is surely the most delightful residential style of the twentieth century. With their romantic evocation of faraway lands and eras, storybook homes were created by architects and builders with a flair for theater, a love of fine craftsmanship, and above all a sense of humour-attributes that make them especially endearing to the jaded modern eye. The storybook style was born on the backlots of Hollywood in the 1920s, where brilliant set designers first learned to evoke the exotic architecture of medieval Europe and the Middle East. Movie-going Americans became fascinated with these settings, and architects and builders were quick to capitalise on this enthusiasm. The whimsical style soon spread from coast to coast, and the unforgettable results are portrayed here.

Book The Blue Book of Model California Bungalows  Known The World over

Download or read book The Blue Book of Model California Bungalows Known The World over written by California Bungalow Company and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardcover reprint of the original 1920 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: California Bungalow Co.. Blue Book of Model California Bungalows, Known-The-World-Over, The. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: California Bungalow Co.. Blue Book of Model California Bungalows, Known-The-World-Over, The, . California Bungalow Co., Los Angeles, 1920. Subject: Bungalows--California

Book 100 Turn of the Century Brick Bungalows with Floor Plans

Download or read book 100 Turn of the Century Brick Bungalows with Floor Plans written by Rogers & Manson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Brickbuilder, an early 20th-century trade publication, sponsored a major nationwide competition for bungalow designs, over 600 drawings were submitted by architects and draftsmen from around the country. This book, reprinted from a rare catalog published in 1912, contains the 100 winning entries from that event. The competition had two important criteria: the principal construction material was to be brick, and the complete cost — exclusive of the land — would be about $3,000. The winning designs came from all over the United States and reflected a diverse range of tastes and styles — from a single-floor, tile-roof hacienda to an elaborate thatched-roof English cottage, complete with decorative brickwork and a semicircular exterior wall. Each of the 100 superbly rendered plates shows the house in perspective and provides floor plans, some landscape planning, and an itemized list of construction costs. An essential reference book for restorers of period homes, historians, students, and enthusiasts of American domestic architecture, this fascinating book also offers browsers an entertaining glimpse of houses that still appear in countless areas across the country.

Book 124 Distinctive House Designs and Floor Plans  1929

Download or read book 124 Distinctive House Designs and Floor Plans 1929 written by National Building Publications and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annual publication intended as a reference work for contractors, suppliers, architects, and homeowners, the 1929 Home Builders Catalog offered a beautifully illustrated look at a variety of homes. Painstakingly reproduced from a rare edition, this volume offers old-house restorers, preservationists, and lovers of 1920s architecture an authentic view of American homes of the era.

Book Sears House Designs of the Thirties

Download or read book Sears House Designs of the Thirties written by Sears, Roebuck and Company and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proudly promoting itself as "the largest home building organization in the world," Sears, Roebuck and Company advertised its 1932 products in a handsome catalog that also displayed a full-size replica of Mount Vernon, created from Sears materials for a Paris exposition in 1932. At the heart of the publication were 68 designs for Sears houses, among them such handsome residences as the Belmont, a six-room house with vestibule, breakfast alcove, three bedrooms, and one-and-a-half baths; and the Dover, an English cottage with a massive chimney and unusual roof lines. A useful reference for people interested in preserving homes of this period, this volume will also be welcomed by anyone who relishes a glimpse of America's architectural past.

Book Craftsman Bungalows

Download or read book Craftsman Bungalows written by Jud Yoho and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craftsman BungalowsJud YohoReprint of the deluxe edition published in Seattle in 1916Jud Yoho was a Seattle entrepreneur who offered plans for news homes basedon the Craftsman and Bungalow styles developed in the Arts and Craftsmovement. This pattern book contains photographs, floorplans and briefdescriptions of these "dream houses". The new introduction by DennisAndersen, an architectural historian, puts Yoho and this popular movement inperspective. This reprint will be of great interest to Arts and Crafts enthusiasts, homeowners, collectors, and architectural and social historians.

Book Historic Residential Suburbs

Download or read book Historic Residential Suburbs written by David L. Ames and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Boom and Bust

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-12-08
  • ISBN : 9780692580196
  • Pages : 150 pages

Download or read book Boom and Bust written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miner Smith (1877-1965) was a contractor who built about two dozen houses in the Belmont Heights area of Long Beach in the 1920s. Smith's houses are easily recognizable from the outside by the niches in the porch columns, where Smith placed concrete planters crafted to resemble tree trunks. On the inside, these houses are remarkable for the extraordinary quality of their craftsmanship, which included intricate fireplaces, ornate molding, clever built-ins such as pull-out tables and shoe-shine stands, and even some plein air art paintings. Smith was also one of the first builders to put electricity in his houses, and he advertised them in the local newspapers in numerical order as 'Bungalow Mansions.'Based on research in city and newspaper archives as well as interviews with descendants of Miner Smith and current owners of his houses, this book for the first time tells Smith's story from his childhood and youth in Ohio and New Jersey to his first venture in Los Angeles. His business there, like subsequent his career in Long Beach, began with a boom but ended in bust. Smith's later work in San Jose and Montebello went through the same cycle. Nevertheless, Miner Smith should be remembered for his unique houses and for the contribution he made to the architecture of Long Beach.

Book The Big Sleep

    Book Details:
  • Author : Raymond Chandler
  • Publisher : DigiCat
  • Release : 2022-08-16
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book The Big Sleep written by Raymond Chandler and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.