The Elements of Style
An Encyclopedia of Domestic Architectural Detail
Published on 15. September 2005
Book
Hardback
592 pages
978-1-84533-127-6 (ISBN)
Description
An in-depth chronological survey of the key styles and periods of architectural design in the UK and US over the past 500 years, with over 4,000 images. This new edition brings the book up to date with a fully revised chapter on the postwar to the Post-Modernist period (1950-75) plus a brand new chapter on contemporary style. Each chapter begins with a broad introduction to the era, summarizing its key style features. Within the chapter there follows a clearly presented guide to the features appropriate for every part of a building, from the major components such as doors, windows, walls, floors, ceilings, and staircases to embellishments such as mouldings and door furniture. A system of colour-coded tabs enables the reader to compare specific features as they have evolved over time. Additional information on restoration and maintenance, biographies of key architects, a detailed glossary, and an updated directory of suppliers are included.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 225 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
2298 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84533-127-6 (9781845331276)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
06/2012
Mitchell Beazley
€81.90
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Person
Stephen Calloway, the General Editor and contributor of the chapters on the early Georgian and Regency periods, is Curator of prints and books at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. He writes, lectures, and consults on architecture and interior design. His books include Twentieth-century Decoration and Baroque Baroque. He writes regularly for The World of Interiors, House and Garden, and Elle Decoration and the US periodicals Nest, Architectural Digest, and Antiques. Elizabeth Cromley, the Consultant Editor and contributor of the chapter on the American Vernacular, is Professor of Architecture at Northeastern University, Boston. She is the author of Alone Together: a History of New York's Early Apartments and has co-edited two collections of essays for the University of Tennessee Press: Gender, Class and Shelter and Shaping Community - volumes 5 and 6 in the series Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture.
Content
Tudor and Jacobean 12; Baroque 40; Early Georgian 72; Colonial 106; Late Georgian 136; Regency and early 19th century 170; Federal and Empire 204; British Victorian 232; American Victorian 272; Arts and Crafts 306; Art Nouveau 336; Edwardian 354; American Beaux Arts 384; Twenties and Thirties 416; The Modern Movement 448; Beyond Modern 470; Contemporary Era 502; British Vernacular 526; American Vernacular 536; Restoration and maintenance 546; Biographies of key architects and designers 552; Bibliography 581; Directory of uk suppliers 571; Directory of us suppliers 575; Bibliography 581; Index 584; Acknowledgments 589