A field guide to American houses
By: by Virginia and Lee McAlester ; with drawings by Lauren Jarrett, and model house drawings by Juan Rodriguez-Arnaiz.
Contributors: McAlester, A. Lee 1933-
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 525
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- Guidebooks.; Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- Designs and plans -- History.; United States -- Guidebooks.
Genres: Guidebooks.; Designs and plans
Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-510) and index.
Table of contents: title: Looking at American houses: Style; title: Form; title: Structure; title: Pictorial key and glossary; title: Folk houses: Native American; title: Pre-railroad; title: National; title: Colonial houses (1600-1820): Postmedieval English; title: Dutch Colonial; title: French Colonial; title: Spanish Colonial; title: Georgian; title: Adam; title: Early classical revival; title: Romantic Houses (1820-1880): Greek revival; title: Gothic revival; title: Italianate; title: Exotic revivals; title: Octagon; title: Victorian Houses (1860-1900): Second empire; title: Stick; title: Queen Anne; title: Shingle; title: Ricardsonian Romanesque; title: Folk Victorian; title: Eclectic Houses (1880-1940): Anglo-American, English, and French Period Houses; title: Colonial revival; title: Neoclassical; title: Tudor; title: Chateauesque; title: Beaux Arts; title: French eclectic; title: Mediterranean period houses; title: Italian Renaissance; title: Mission; title: Spanish eclectic; title: Monterey; title: Pueblo revival; title: Modern houses; title: Prairie; title: Craftsman; title: Modernistic; title: International; title: American houses since 1940: Modern; title: Neoeclectic; title: Contemporary folk.