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Houses for town or country (1907)

Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 47

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ings, may be said tohave grown more idiomatic. If structure and de-sign remain very much at cross purposes, plan anddesign are becoming friendlier. The plan of themodern American dwelling differs in some impor-tant respects from that of any historical type ofresidence. These variations frequently… … AX AMERICAN PIAZZA American summer climate and which has been anarchitectural excrescence on the majority of countryhouses, is now frequently treated as an outdoorroom, in strict subordination to the main design.Sometimes it appears as a narrow gallery on the faceof the house, more often a place is…

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