By Subject > Architecture, Interior Design, Period Style
From Vitruvius to Frank Lloyd Wright, castles to Manhattan luxury apartments, these books present the fascinating panorama of architecture down through the ages. Included are photo surveys, reference books, books of house plans, and more. And the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America honored us with the 2005 Ross Award for Excellence in the Classical Tradition. We appreciate this recognition and look forward to continuing to provide books and publishing resources to the architecture and design community.
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 A Picture History of the Brooklyn Bridge
by Mary J. Shapiro
Profusely illustrated account of the greatest engineering achievement of the 19th century. Rare contemporary photos and engravings and accompanying detailed captions recall construction, human drama, politics, much more. 167 black-and-white illustrations.
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| Products in Architecture, Interior Design, Period Style | | |  | 100 Small Houses of the Thirties
by Brown-Blodgett Company
Exterior photographs and floor plans for 100 charming structures. Illustrations of models accompanied by descriptions of interiors, color schemes, closet space, and other amenities. 200 illustrations.
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|  | 100 Turn-of-the-Century Brick Bungalows with Floor Plans
by Rogers & Manson
Reprinted from rare 1912 catalog, this book presents 100 winning entries from a nationwide competition for brick bungalow designs. Superb renderings show houses in perspective, floor plans, some landscape planning — even a budget.
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|  | 100 Turn-of-the-Century House Plans
by Radford Architectural Co.
Reprint of rare 1909 catalog features houses ranging from simple 3-room bungalows to elaborate 10- and 12-room structures with sitting rooms, libraries, parlors, and wraparound porches. For home restorers and nostalgia lovers.
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| | |  | 101 Classic Homes of the Twenties: Floor Plans and Photographs
by Harris, McHenry & Baker Co.
Authentic plan book advertises homes chosen for aesthetic appeal, convenience, and economy of construction. Ranging in scale from lavish to modest, each model appears with detailed floor plans, measurements, and a photograph of completed dwelling.
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|  | 110 Turn-of-the-Century House Designs
by R. W. Shoppell
This survey, reproduced from a rare edition, offers an authentic guide to restorations and re-creations. Illustrations include hundreds of perspective drawings and floor plans.
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|  | 117 House Designs of the Twenties
by Gordon-Van Tine Co.
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.
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|  | 124 Distinctive House Designs and Floor Plans, 1929
by National Building Publications
Meticulous reproduction of rare catalog offers a beautifully illustrated look at homes intended for budgets from $3,500 to $15,000. Designs include such special features as built-in cabinets and clothes chutes. 370 black-and-white illustrations.
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|  | 500 Small Houses of the Twenties
by Henry Atterbury Smith
Perspective drawings, floor plans and descriptions of principal features of outstanding 20s designs, many by leading architects of the period. 1,135 black-and-white line illustrations, 262 black-and-white photographs and tone drawings.
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|  | Aladdin "Built in a Day" House Catalog, 1917
by Aladdin Company
Designs for 60 homes, from a 4-room cottage to a 4-bedroom two-story. Landscaped exteriors, floor plans, and overhead cutaway views with detailed commentaries on each.
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|  | The American Builder's Companion
by Asher Benjamin
The most widely used early 19th century architectural style and source book, this work ranges from the colonial up into Greek Revival periods. Benjamin covers the extensive development of carpentry and construction techniques. Over 375 figures.
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| | |  | The American House Styles of Architecture Coloring Book
by A. G. Smith
Crisp renderings of 43 extant structures from Taos Pueblo to striking contemporaries. Spanish Colonial, Georgian, Stick, Gothic, many other styles. Rich and informative captions date, identify, and describe each dwelling.
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|  | American Victorian Cottage Homes
by Palliser & Co.
Reprinted from a rare 1878 offering published by a leading Northeastern architectural firm. Front and side elevations, floor plans and descriptions of 50 "practical designs of low and medium priced houses."
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| |  | America’s Lighthouses: An Illustrated History
by Francis Ross Holland, Jr.
Profusely illustrated fact-filled survey of American lighthouses since 1716. Over 200 stations — East, Gulf, and West coasts, Great Lakes, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Mississippi and St. Lawrence Rivers.
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|  | Ancient Egyptian Construction and Architecture
by Somers Clarke, R. Engelbach
Profusely illustrated description and analysis of quarrying methods, stone and brickwork, pyramid construction, mathematics, tools, much else. Nearly 270 photographs and illustrations of sites, building plans, architects' diagrams. Appendices. Bibliography.
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