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The modern home; a book of British domestic architectvre for moderate incomes; a companion volvme to "The British home of to-day";

Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862- ed, Bidlake, William Henry, Ricardo, Halsey, 1854-1928, Cash, John · 1906 · New York, A. C. Armstrong & son; London, Hodder & Stoughton · 71 pictures

An edited survey of British middle-income house design published in 1906 by Hodder & Stoughton and A. C. Armstrong, compiled by Walter Shaw Sparrow with contributions from architects including W. H. Bidlake and Halsey Ricardo, addressed to prospective home-builders and their architects. Plates combine colour-washed perspectives of brick and tile houses with keyed floor plans, elevations and wall sections, lettered throughout, offering plan diagrams, roof-truss details and muted red-and-green architectural colouring.

Architecture, Domestic

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