Country and suburban homes of the Prairie School period : with 424 photographs and floor plans / by Hermann Valentin von Holst.

Main entry:

Von Holst, H. V. (Hermann Valentin), 1874-1955.

Title & Author:

Country and suburban homes of the Prairie School period : with 424 photographs and floor plans / by Hermann Valentin von Holst.

Edition:

Dover ed.

Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, 1982.

Description:

108 pages of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Reprint. Originally published: Modern American homes. Chicago : American Technical Society, 1913, ©1912.
Reprint. Originally published: Modern American homes. Chicago : American Technical Society, 1913, c1912.

Summary:

"The 1913 publication of Hermann von Holst's collection of country and suburban homes of the Prairie School period represents one of American architecture's finest primary sources of residential design. It is an outstanding visual survey of the emerging domestic architectural styles of the era and includes the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Lawrence Buck, Walter Burley Griffin, Charles E. White, Jr., and many, many others."--Back cover.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0486243737 (pbk.)
9780486243733 (pbk.)

Subject:

Country homes United States Designs and plans.
Suburban homes United States Designs and plans.
Prairie school (Architecture) Designs and plans.
Prairie houses (Architecture) Dessins et plans.
Country homes.
Prairie school (Architecture)
Suburban homes.
Prairie School (Architecture) Designs and plans.
United States.
United States Houses, 1900-1912. Architectural features - Illustrations.

Form/genre:

Designs and plans.
architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings.
Dessins d'architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 130161
Call No.: 0001871 PO330 11517; ID:85-B23007
Status: Available

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