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Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic: Looking at Buildings and Landscapes
Gabrielle M. Lanier
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Description for Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic: Looking at Buildings and Landscapes
Paperback. Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic gives proof to the insights architecture offers into who we are culturally as a community, a region, and a nation. Num Pages: 424 pages, 344 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMK; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 269 x 217 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1046.
From the eighteenth-century single-room "mansions" of Delaware's Cypress Swamp district to the early twentieth-century suburban housing around Philadelphia and Wilmington, the architectural landscape of the mid-Atlantic region is both rich and varied. In this pioneering field guide to the region's historic vernacular architecture, Gabrielle Lanier and Bernard Herman describe the remarkably diverse building traditions that have overlapped and influenced one another for generations. With more than 300 illustrations and photographs, Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic explores the character of pre-1940 domestic and agricultural buildings in the towns and rural landscapes of southern New Jersey, Delaware, and coastal Maryland and ... Read more
From the eighteenth-century single-room "mansions" of Delaware's Cypress Swamp district to the early twentieth-century suburban housing around Philadelphia and Wilmington, the architectural landscape of the mid-Atlantic region is both rich and varied. In this pioneering field guide to the region's historic vernacular architecture, Gabrielle Lanier and Bernard Herman describe the remarkably diverse building traditions that have overlapped and influenced one another for generations. With more than 300 illustrations and photographs, Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic explores the character of pre-1940 domestic and agricultural buildings in the towns and rural landscapes of southern New Jersey, Delaware, and coastal Maryland and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801853258
SKU
V9780801853258
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About Gabrielle M. Lanier
Gabrielle M. Lanier has taught historic preservation and public history at Mary Washington College, Rutgers University, and Millersville University. Bernard L. Herman is associate professor of art history, history, and urban affairs and public policy at the University of Delaware and associate director of the Center for Historical Architecture and Design. His many books include The Stolen ... Read more
Reviews for Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic: Looking at Buildings and Landscapes
It won't fit in your glove compartment, but Everyday Architecture in the Mid-Atlanticis a book you ought to have along as you drive... It's a serious book but it is aimed at nonprofessionals who enjoy historic buildings and landscapes. Potomac Review A first-rate book... Profusely illustrated with an excellent selection of drawings and photographs... It will be of great use ... Read more