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ARCHITECTURE sa ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING & PAINTING sa ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY x BUILDING ARCHITECTURE x HOUSE ARCHITECTURE x HOUSE DESIGN xx HOUSE Special issue: Integrative design. Housing options for the 1980's. Eight pages of photos and text describe a Better Homes & Garden "Idea" home that has been constructed in Kohler, Wisconsin. Plans can be ordered. Eight pages show four ways to customize a basic house plan to meet individual family needs. A look at three unusual house designs from a planned community in Bodega Bay, California. Six pages show a Kingsberry Homes house designed in cooperation with Better Homes and Gardens. Article sets forth guidelines by which you can rate any house. Part of BH&G"s "What makes a good house great?" search. A look at a small house that meets Better Homes & Gardens criteria of excellence. House plans are available. An affordable house you can rearrange. A 1,600-square-foot house developed by BH&G and the American Plywood Assn. that can be built for $36,000. Three of the alternatives for floor plan are shown. House plan is available from BH&G. Criteria for barrier-free rooms for the disabled and wheelchair-bound. A blueprint for success. Hiring an architect to design and oversee your renovation. Some tips. Rooms with a preview. A review of 18 low-cost computer-aided design (CAD) programs for home construction and renovation. When and how to use architects and engineers for major housing rehabilitation projects. How to make a new house look old. Advice from the experts. Architectural design concepts that can save home energy. Housing: the shape of things to come. A look at foamed dome, log cabin, precut, manufactured, transposed, steel frame, geodesic dome, and earth-sheltered homes. Four elements of designing and planning your new house. How to list and sketch out what your building requires to satisfy your needs. Redwood classic house in northern California is built from massive redwood timbers salvaged from railroad trestles and water tank supports. Design by David Clayton. Variation on the design for "The Little House" by architect Leslie Armstrong. Bernard Maybeck's 1937 California house (Wallen II house in San Francisco) combines quality with economical construction. Description of a large 16-room three-story house built for $13,600 in 1970 and could be built for $26,850 in 1981. A matrix of six design variables helps design a house you can afford. Florida cracker house uses a rooftop belvedere (a type of cupola) to create natural ventilation during the summer. Profile of the Rudolph M. Schindler Kings Road house in West Hollywood California. Bow-Cot and the Honeymoon Cottage. Two experimental stone houses by New York architect Ernest Flagg. Fonthill. Description and construction details of the unorthodox concrete house built by Henry Chapman Mercer in Doylestown PA in 1908. Rhode Island stone-ender. Description of the design and construction of Armand LaMontagne's 17th-century style house. House of steel and salvage. One-story tetrahedron-shape house combines wood and steel framing. Home access for the handicapped. Design considerations to keep in mind when building a house for a handicapped person. Sticks and stones. A house handbuilt from red cedar and basalt in the Pacific Northwest. A structural chimney cylinder is a key support for roof. Octagon house. Local materials and a cooperative designer kept costs down for this roughsawn example of a traditional form. Includes construction details of the "ice-house" style roof. Alden Dow's studio and residence. Unit-block construction in the organic tradition of Frank Lloyd Wright. Barn house. Salvaged timber and a fieldstone facing on the block foundation, make a rustic new home. Also shows how to double nail an oak floor with both finishing nails and "antique" wrought nails. Refining your designs. Two case studies show how an architect's eye can improve a good plan. Small house in Virginia. Cantilevers, careful planning and lots of glass make this 460 sq.ft. house feel spacious. Lloyd Wright's Sowden house. Includes details on fabricating "textile blocks", a concrete block construction system advocated by Frank Lloyd Wright and his son. At the top of the mountain. Architect Paul Schweikher uses a massive post-and-beam frame and Japanese-influenced detailing. John Lautner's Mauer house (Los Angeles, CA). Prefab components, spatial innovation and bold engineering shaped this modern classic built in the 1940's. A house of stone and clay. 864 sq.ft. house features 2-ft. thick rock walls, leaded glass windows, and clay floor tiles. Details on building rock walls and making floor tiles by hand. Round house. A spiral-roofed retreat made of logs and stone. Climate and energy-efficient design. This chart covers fifteen important local climate factors that you should take into consideration when you are designing your house. Building basics. What makes structures stand up. An explanation of how the laws of nature must be understood in order to design buildings. SPECIAL ISSUE. First annual issue on residential design shows ideas from architects and custom builders. SPECIAL ISSUE. Second annual issue on residential design. Low-cost computer-aided design. Architect describes his CAD system built around a Macintosh computer using MacPaint software. SPECIAL ANNUAL ISSUE on houses. A barrier-free house. Accommodating a wheelchair calls for careful planning inside and out. Includes ideas for making every house more accessible. Stock house plans. An overview of the house plan services that are available from a variety of mail order sources. Cobblestone cottage combines a two-wythe block foundation and block walls with conventional framing to form this modern version of a Cotswold cottage. Tip: Use "Post-It" note pads to represent rooms, furniture, and other items during the design process. This makes it easy to move them about, but they won't blow away. Siting a house. Proper siting and design strategies enhance energy efficiency. Designing built-ins. One architect's rules for successfully integrating cabinets, shelves, desks, and counters into the rooms they serve. Selecting a site for a new home. How to identify a site's characteristics and select a house plan that is appropriate for the site. Composing the exterior of a house so that it is visually appealing from all sides. Hiring an architect for a remodeling project. Advice from a professional. How to get an affordable house. Part 1. Wickes preassembled homes. How to get an affordable house. Part 2. Lindal Cedar Homes pre-cut packages. Old-house glossary of architectural and decorative terms. Great home ideas from Thomas Jefferson's home (Monticello). A look at an octagonal house built from bales of hay that kept the occupants warm through two Minnesota winters. Excerpt from "The Integral Urban House", a plan for a self-reliant, ecologically sound urban habitat on 1/8 acre. The new regional architecture. Building with sense and style. A look at 16 regions in the US and the houses designed to fit the needs of the climate and local resources. A no-frills, no-furnace 1100 sq.ft. house built in Massachusetts that costs only $50 a year to heat. Includes double walls, super insulation, and heat exchanger. A look at the energy-efficient kit-built homes designed by Bruce Brownell. How to afford a new house. A special issue. A look at owner-built houses, small houses, expandable houses, kits, mortgages, learning how to build, superinsulation, salvaged building materials, etc. A look a the "most energy-efficient home in America". The zero heat concept. Design ideas from a superinsulated house that is heated entirely by the occupants and waste heat from appliances and light bulbs. Tips on professionals that can give expert advice when you are planning to build a new home or remodel an existing one. Design services, builders, remodeling contractors, kitchen and bath specialists, interior designers and architects are described and tips given on when and how to use each one. A look at the design influences of Charles Lock Eastlake on American architecture and home decoration in the late 1800's. A look at the architectural influence of Andrew Jackson Downing on houses built between 1850 and 1870. Part 1. Includes a summary of Downing's theories regarding the use of color in houses. A glossary of architectural terms covering classical orders (Ionia, Doric, Tuscan, Corinthian, and Composite.) A look at the architectural influence of Andrew Jackson Downing on houses built between 1850 and 1870. Part 2. Includes Downing's guidelines on interior decoration. Taking an architectural inventory of an entire neighborhood. The Queen Anne style house. A look at basic shape, skin, windows, trim, paint, interior, and furnishings. Tudor houses. Late 19th century house decoration. The Colonial Revival House. A look at the style that was popular in late 19th and early 20th centuries. A glossary of old-house parts. Exterior features of pre-1920 homes. Review of the Craftsman House look that was popular in the early 20th century based on the philosophy of Gustav Stickley. Also comments on the Bungalow-Mission style of the west coast by Greene and Greene. Covers interior treatments and furniture styles. The Federal house, a guide to the history of the style. Pattern-book architecture. A look at mail-order plans for houses that were used in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Italian style house (Italianate house). Includes a glossary of terms and details of major architecutral elements. Italian style decoration. A brief look at halls, parlors, mantels, floors, dining room, library, bedrooms and furniture. Post-Victorian domestic architecture. A look at the most familiar old house styles in America. Post-Victorian domestic architecture. The American foursquare, the most common and least understood of all of the houses built after the turn of the century. Post-Victorian domestic architecture. The homestead house. Post-Victorian domestic architecture. The Dutch Colonial revival style. Post-Victorian domestic architecture. The Princess Anne house. Post-Victorian domestic architecture. The Spanish Colonial revival style. Post-Victorian domestic architecture. The prairie style. Reading Victorian buildings. Appreciating the Queen Anne house. A diagram illustrates major aspects of a 16-17th century informal style house. Post-Victorian domestic architecture. The neo-Colonial house. The rise and fall of the Mansard roof, the hallmark of the Second Empire style of architecture. Measuring up. How to properly measure a room (or a houseful of rooms) in order to prepare a scaled drawing. Design elements of the 19th-century Gothic Revival architectural style. Reading the old house. How to identify the Romanesque Revival style. Colonial-era architecture. A look at the design elements which represent the Georgian and Federal styles. Focus on architectural details found in American houses built by French and German immigrants. Greek revival houses in the old Northwest Territory. A review of typical architectural details. Architectural details of the Gothic Revival style of cottage. The Italian style house. A guide to the three basic categories: Villa, Renaissance Revival and Italinate and their primary features. Second-Empire house styles. How to identify them. Romanesque Revival style houses. A guide to their features. Queen Anne style houses. Tips on how to identify them. Shingle-style houses. Tips on how to identify them. Planbook houses, a guide to 19th century houses that were built from architectural pattern books. Tips on identifying typical designs/ Early Colonial Revival house styles. A guide to their identification and features. Related article deals with interiors. Arts and Crafts house styles. A guide to their identification and features. The Prairie School house styles. A guide to their features. Builder Style houses of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Also called Homesteads, Foursquares, cottages, and bungalows. A guide to their identification and features. Pre-cut houses. A guide to identifying mail-order "catalog homes" which flourished from about 1900 to 1940. How to distinguish Colonial, Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival house styles from one another. In search of Craftsman homes. How to recognize houses built from Gustav Stickley plans. That which we call Victorian. House styles popular between 1865 and 1893. How to identify the house based on form, plan, materials and floor plan. Victorians plain and popular. Two common house types and how to identify them. Getting neighborly about preservation regulations. Advice on how to gauge the regulations and present plans for alterations to buildings within a historic district. Two ideas for protecting blueprints and other important documents on the jobsite. How to identify houses that were built in the Craftsman style. Design and location considerations when trying to build an energy-saving house. 1981 home ideas guide. Two-story prebuilt house uses a wide-open floor plan and open stairwell to heat the entire house with a single, centrally-placed wood stove. Conventional system of ducts moves the heated air to all rooms. How to think like an architect. Tips on how to redesign your home creatively. A home for life. Start planning today for the home you'll want in later years. Planning for wheelchair access, low maintenance, ease of movement, etc. Pattern spaces for family living. A revolutionary new approach to the way we design, build, and live in our homes. An introduction to the concept of "living patterns" which exist in American homes and their impact on architecture, life style, etc. Suggestions on traditional vs. unconventional floor plans and changes that can be made to save money and gain flexibility. Tips on selecting and working with an architect. A summary of tools that help visualize what a finished house or remodeling project will look like. A look at a multilevel house built three-stories high from 12-foot square modules stacked like blocks. Exterior is corrugated metal skin with acrylic bubble windows. A look at an 850-sq ft house built using corrugated steel and designed to be built by amateur builders in one month for $10 per square foot. How to choose and work with an architect. Working with an architect. How fees are structured. How to work as a team. How to get the most from the relationship. A homeowner's guide to understanding blueprint basics (plans, elevations and sections). How and when to hire a professional architect. | |||||||||
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