The Elements of Style: An Encyclopedia of Domestic Architectural Detail

ISBN 10: 1770850864 / ISBN 13: 9781770850866

Editore: Firefly Books, 2012

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Titolo: The Elements of Style: An Encyclopedia of ...

Casa editrice: Firefly Books

Data di pubblicazione: 2012

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Good

Edizione: quarta edizione

Tipologia articolo: book

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21st anniversary edition of this classic reference book, which has sold over 200,000 copies since first publication. A must-have purchase for owners of period houses, all those interested in UK and US architectural heritage, restorers, architects, and interior designers. Revised and updated by respected architectural historian Alan Powers. Comprehensive and accessible volume that covers all the major design periods, from the Tudors to the present day, each chapter has sections on doors, windows, walls, ceilings, floors, fireplaces, staircases, built-in furniture, services, lighting, metalwork and woodwork.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Stephen Calloway is Curator of Prints and Books at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and author, lecturer and consultant on architecture, interior design and the history of taste. He has contributed to numerous periodicals, including The World of Interiors and Architectural Digest, and is the author of Twentieth-Century Design and Baroque Baroque.

Alan Powers is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich School of Architecture and Landscape, London. He is the author of several books on English architecture and decorative arts, including Living with Books, and is a regular contributor to Country Life and other magazines.

Elizabeth Cromley is Professor of Architecture at Northeastern University, Boston. She is the author of Alone Together: A History of New York's Early Apartments, and co-editor of a variety of essays and books on vernacular architecture.