American country houses of to-day; an illustrated account of some excellent houses built and gardens planted during the last few years, showing unmistakable influence of the modern trend in ideals architectural (1915)
Howe, Samuel, 1854- · New York Architectural Book Pub. Co. P. Wenzel and M. Krakow · leaf 94
few inches above the natural level. Remember-ing the comfortable old taprooms of the village wayside inn, the delightfulcozy parlors behind the bar. the setting of romances of merry England dur-ing the latter part of the Victorian era, the architect has imbued the generalscheme with many features… … SKETCH SHOWING THE DIRECT METHOD OF HANDLING THE STAIKCASE PROBLEMThe wall surfaces are frankly treated, giving an admirable suggestion of half timber work place of the neighborhood, the center of things very much alive: the pictui-eat Xashotash is so much more human than the average country house…
Architecture, Domestic · Landscape gardening
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