What style is it?: A guide to American architecture

by John C Poppeliers

Paperback, 1983

Status

Available

Call number

720.973

Series

Building Watchers Series

Genres

Publication

Preservation Press (1983), Edition: Revised, 112 pages

Description

Architectural style is defined as a definite type of architecture, distinguished by special characteristics of structure and ornament. This revised edition of What Style Is It? includes new sections on Neoclassical, Romanesque and Rustic Styles. It also provides more examples of how pure styles vary by geographic region across the US. * Includes sections on 25 of the most significant architectural styles including Early Colonial, Federal and Second Empire * More than 200 photos and line drawings make this a visually rich resource. 30% of photos and drawings are new to this edition * A glossary offers quick access to architectural terms * Includes an added guide to using the Historical American Buildings Society online catalogue of more than 30,000 historic structures, giving access to more than 51,000 measured drawings, 156,000 photographs and more than 30,000 original historical reports… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member aulsmith

An excellent take-with-you guide to American architectural styles. Short descriptions describe the salient features of the style and numerous pictures give a good visual reference. In addition to using it in the field, it's also a good preliminary introduction to the topice

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LibraryThing member ivan.frade

Short and plenty of images, this is a very good introduction to the american architecture. Its brevity is the good and bad side. More discussion in some buildings would be welcome, because their classification feels arbitraty and a better glossary with the terms in the text would be welcome. I

needed to use a lot of wikipedia, which I enjoyed but somehow beat the purpose of book.

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LibraryThing member datrappert

Not as interesting as guides to whole buildings, but if you need to remember what a quoin is, here's your ideal reference book. Nice, sort of pocket size, with great illustrations. Recommended for any architecture buff.

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