American shelter : an illustrated encyclopedia of the American home / Lester Walker.

Main entry:

Walker, Les.

Title & Author:

American shelter : an illustrated encyclopedia of the American home / Lester Walker.

Publication:

Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1981.

Description:

320 pages : illustrations, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-316) and index.
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Also issued online.

Summary:

American Shelter -- the landmark reference in architectural history -- surveys and illustrates every American housing style from Native American days to the present and beyond. Over 100 styles are covered, including 1700s Dutch Colonials and New England saltboxes, Southern plantation mansions, plain Shaker dwelling, whimsical Carpenter Gothics, and modern modular home, and architect Lester Walker's superb coverage features detailed drawings of each style, including exploded diagrams and floor plans -- essential reference to the American dwelling, past and present.

ISBN:

0879511311
9780879511319

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Architecture, Domestic United States.
Vernacular architecture United States.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Architecture vernaculaire États-Unis.
Architecture, Domestic.
Vernacular architecture.
Haus
Geschichte
Woningen.
Bouwkunst.
United States.
USA.
Architecture Domestic United States History Encyclopaedias.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 95177
Call No.: 0000998 A1933; ID:85-B1429
Status: Available

Location: Library main 95178
Call No.: 0005103 11245 A2081; ID:85-B1429
Status: Available

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