Architectural styles for country houses: the characteristics and merits of various types of architecture as set forth by enthusiastic advocates (1912)
Saylor, Henry H. (Henry Hodgman), b. 1880 · New York, McBride, Nast & Company · leaf 79
ere are still valid reasons why anadaptation of the Italian Renaissance is the logical style to 48 ARCHITECTURAL ST\XES FOR COUNTRY HOUSES use in an increasingly large number of cases. Undoubtedly-all good design is the result of a frank use of the materialsemployed; and any forcing of the… … First floor plan, Casa delPonte, Rowayton, Conn.Slee & Bryson, architects For instance, building in frame with a covering of stuccois, to my mind, distinctly disingenuous. Stucco representsthe idea of plaster on a backing of some form of masonry —stone, brick, terra cotta, or what not, but…
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