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More Craftsman Homes
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Gustav Stickley (1858–1942) — leader of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, publisher of The Craftsman, writer, innovator, and famous furniture manufacturer — created designs for a new form of American home. Based on beauty, simplicity, utility, and organic harmony, these designs were to have lasting impression on the shape, look, feel, and rationale of American domestic architecture.
Many of the features advocated by Stickley exist today: split-levels, semi-partitions, an integration of structure with natural surroundings, and the primacy of form following function. Here, in 345 crisp black-and-white illustrations, are 78 authentic Mission style dwellings. These are the plans that Stickley himself approved — reprinted directly from the original 1912 publications — and include illustrations of the exteriors and interiors, floor plans, elevations, structural suggestions, landscape designs, and Stickley's own inimitable comments.
Deeply influenced by the English Arts and Crafts Movement, especially the writings of John Ruskin and William Morris, Stickley rebelled against the outmoded architectural traditions of the Victorian age. Instead of creating rooms that were a series of separate cells, he proposed letting one living area flow smoothly into the other; instead of imitating the styles of 19th-century Europe, he proposed an original and vital American style, all the while searching for a new vocabulary of exterior and interior design. His method was the simplification of architectural space and the elimination of superfluous ornamentation; his aim was a harmonious blend of utility, economy, and aesthetics.
The ideal of the Craftsman home was an honest and beautiful building, well planned for efficient use of space and materials, built to last several generations, and within the means of the average family. Craftsman architecture adhered to four basic principles: a style of building suited to the ways people actually lived; having the best structural outline and the simplest form; made from materials that belong to the countryside in which the house was built and in harmony with the landscape; and rendered in colors that please and cheer. For Stickley, the true beauty of a building was not a matter of decoration — a something to be added — but was inherent in the very lines and masses of the structure itself.
This excellent republication of Gustav Stickley's More Craftsman Homes affords a fresh look at an influential and thoroughly American style of design and construction. Today's architects, designers, decorators, and collectors of Americana will find in the text and illustrations of this volume sufficient information and insight to appreciate the Craftsman home, the Craftsman idea, and that innovative spirit who made it possible, Gustav Stickley.
Many of the features advocated by Stickley exist today: split-levels, semi-partitions, an integration of structure with natural surroundings, and the primacy of form following function. Here, in 345 crisp black-and-white illustrations, are 78 authentic Mission style dwellings. These are the plans that Stickley himself approved — reprinted directly from the original 1912 publications — and include illustrations of the exteriors and interiors, floor plans, elevations, structural suggestions, landscape designs, and Stickley's own inimitable comments.
Deeply influenced by the English Arts and Crafts Movement, especially the writings of John Ruskin and William Morris, Stickley rebelled against the outmoded architectural traditions of the Victorian age. Instead of creating rooms that were a series of separate cells, he proposed letting one living area flow smoothly into the other; instead of imitating the styles of 19th-century Europe, he proposed an original and vital American style, all the while searching for a new vocabulary of exterior and interior design. His method was the simplification of architectural space and the elimination of superfluous ornamentation; his aim was a harmonious blend of utility, economy, and aesthetics.
The ideal of the Craftsman home was an honest and beautiful building, well planned for efficient use of space and materials, built to last several generations, and within the means of the average family. Craftsman architecture adhered to four basic principles: a style of building suited to the ways people actually lived; having the best structural outline and the simplest form; made from materials that belong to the countryside in which the house was built and in harmony with the landscape; and rendered in colors that please and cheer. For Stickley, the true beauty of a building was not a matter of decoration — a something to be added — but was inherent in the very lines and masses of the structure itself.
This excellent republication of Gustav Stickley's More Craftsman Homes affords a fresh look at an influential and thoroughly American style of design and construction. Today's architects, designers, decorators, and collectors of Americana will find in the text and illustrations of this volume sufficient information and insight to appreciate the Craftsman home, the Craftsman idea, and that innovative spirit who made it possible, Gustav Stickley.
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Table of Contents
DOVER BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
Title Page
Copyright Page
A WORD ABOUT CRAFTSMAN ARCHITECTURE
THE RELATION OF CRAFTSMAN ARCHITECTURE TO COUNTRY LIVING
THE HOUSE OF THE DEMOCRAT: BY WILLIAM L. PRICE
PRACTICAL CRAFTSMAN CEMENT HOUSE PLANNED FOR BEAUTY AND CONVENIENCE
CEMENT HOUSE SHOWING INTERESTING ROOF TREATMENT AND ROOMY HOMELIKE INTERIOR
THREE-STORY CRAFTSMAN BUNGALOW SUITABLE FOR A HILLSIDE SITE
CRAFTSMAN CEMENT DWELLING INSPIRED BY OLD-FASHIONED NEW ENGLAND FARMHOUSE
SIMPLE CEMENT COTTAGE FOR A SMALL FAMILY
INEXPENSIVE ONE-STORY BUNGALOW WITH EFFECTIVE USE OF TRELLIS
SMALL ONE-STORY CEMENT BUNGALOW WITH SLATE ROOF, DESIGNED FOR A NARROW LOT
CEMENT HOUSE WITH PERGOLA, SLEEPING BALCONY AND PRACTICAL INTERESTING INTERIOR
PLASTER DWELLING FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY
COMMODIOUS CEMENT HOUSE WITH TERRACE, PORCHES AND SLEEPING BALCONIES
CEMENT HOUSE, COMPACT YET SPACIOUS, SUITABLE FOR A CITY STREET
LARGE CEMENT HOUSE FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY
CONCRETE OR PLASTER HOUSE OF MODERATE SIZE AND SIMPLE DESIGN
INEXPENSIVE CEMENT AND SHINGLE COTTAGE
CRAFTSMAN HOUSE DESIGNED FOR NARROW LOT
SMALL TWO-STORY CEMENT HOUSE WITH RECESSED PORCH AND BALCONY
CRAFTSMAN CEMENT HOUSE, SIMPLE, COMFORTABLE AND SPACIOUS
SMALL BUT ROOMY ONE-STORY CEMENT BUNGALOW PLANNED FOR SIMPLIFIED HOUSEKEEPING
CONCRETE COTTAGE WITH COMFORTABLE INTERIOR, DESIGNED TO ADMIT AMPLE LIGHT
INEXPENSIVE CEMENT CONSTRUCTION FOR SUMMER AND WEEK-END ONE-STORY BUNGALOW
TWO-STORY CEMENT BUNGALOW WITH AMPLE PORCH ROOM AND COMFORTABLE INTERIOR
TWO-STORY HOUSE FOR VILLAGE CORNER PLOT
MODERATE-SIZED CRAFTSMAN HOUSE COMBINING BOTH PRIVACY AND HOSPITALITY
CRAFTSMAN HOUSE DESIGNED FOR CITY OR SUBURBAN LOT
CEMENT COTTAGE FOR A NARROW TOWN LOT
INEXPENSIVE AND HOMELIKE COTTAGE OF STONE AND SHINGLE, FOR SIMPLE HOUSEKEEPING
STONE AND SHINGLE HOUSE, WITH SEVEN ROOMS AND RECESSED ENTRANCE PORCH
ROOMY CRAFTSMAN HOUSE IN WHICH STONE, CEMENT AND WOOD ARE USED
CRAFTSMAN STONE HOUSE WITH PRACTICAL BUILT-IN FITTINGS
ROUGH STONE HOUSE COMBINING COMFORT AND PICTURESQUENESS
EIGHT-ROOM BUNGALOW OF STONE AND CEMENT
CRAFTSMAN COTTAGE OF STONE, SHINGLE AND SLATE: A PRACTICAL AND COMFORTABLE HOME
BRICK COTTAGE WITH CONVENIENT BUILT-IN FURNISHINGS AND AMPLE PORCH ROOM
TWO-STORY HOUSE OF STONE, BRICK AND CEMENT, WITH TYPICAL CRAFTSMAN INTERIOR
CRAFTSMAN HOUSE OF TAPESTRY BRICK WITH PORCHES, BALCONY AND SPACIOUS INTERIOR
BRICK HOUSE WITH MANY HOMELIKE FEATURES
CITY HOUSE WITH INTERESTING FAÇADE AND SLEEPING BALCONY, AND HOMELIKE INTERIOR
CRAFTSMAN CITY HOUSE WITH SECOND-STORY PORCH AND THIRD-STORY SLEEPING BALCONY
INEXPENSIVE COTTAGE FOR A SMALL FAMILY
MODERATE-SIZED BRICK HOUSE, WITH RECESSED PORCH AND PLEASANT, HOMELIKE ROOMS
RURAL ONE-STORY BUNGALOW OF FIELD STONE
ONE-STORY CRAFTSMAN BUNGALOW PLANNED ON SIMPLE AND ECONOMIC LINES
TWO-STORY COUNTRY BUNGALOW MADE COMFORTABLE WITH MUCH BUILT-IN FURNITURE
SHINGLED HOUSE WITH SPACIOUS LIVING ROOM AND SHELTERED PORCHES
COMFORTABLE SHINGLED HOUSE WITH BUILT-IN FITTINGS AND SLEEPING PORCHES
SHINGLED HOUSE WITH AMPLE PROVISION FOR OUTDOOR LIVING
SHINGLED COTTAGE SUITABLE FOR COUNTRY, SEASIDE OR SUBURBAN LIFE
PRACTICAL SIX-ROOM SHINGLED COTTAGE
SMALL CRAFTSMAN FARMHOUSE OF STONE AND SHINGLES, SIMPLE AND HOMELIKE IN DESIGN
CRAFTSMAN RURAL DWELLING COMBINING BEAUTY, COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE
FARMHOUSE DESIGNED FOR UTILITY A...
Table of contents
- DOVER BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- A WORD ABOUT CRAFTSMAN ARCHITECTURE
- THE RELATION OF CRAFTSMAN ARCHITECTURE TO COUNTRY LIVING
- THE HOUSE OF THE DEMOCRAT: BY WILLIAM L. PRICE
- PRACTICAL CRAFTSMAN CEMENT HOUSE PLANNED FOR BEAUTY AND CONVENIENCE
- CEMENT HOUSE SHOWING INTERESTING ROOF TREATMENT AND ROOMY HOMELIKE INTERIOR
- THREE-STORY CRAFTSMAN BUNGALOW SUITABLE FOR A HILLSIDE SITE
- CRAFTSMAN CEMENT DWELLING INSPIRED BY OLD-FASHIONED NEW ENGLAND FARMHOUSE
- SIMPLE CEMENT COTTAGE FOR A SMALL FAMILY
- INEXPENSIVE ONE-STORY BUNGALOW WITH EFFECTIVE USE OF TRELLIS
- SMALL ONE-STORY CEMENT BUNGALOW WITH SLATE ROOF, DESIGNED FOR A NARROW LOT
- CEMENT HOUSE WITH PERGOLA, SLEEPING BALCONY AND PRACTICAL INTERESTING INTERIOR
- PLASTER DWELLING FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY
- COMMODIOUS CEMENT HOUSE WITH TERRACE, PORCHES AND SLEEPING BALCONIES
- CEMENT HOUSE, COMPACT YET SPACIOUS, SUITABLE FOR A CITY STREET
- LARGE CEMENT HOUSE FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY
- CONCRETE OR PLASTER HOUSE OF MODERATE SIZE AND SIMPLE DESIGN
- INEXPENSIVE CEMENT AND SHINGLE COTTAGE
- CRAFTSMAN HOUSE DESIGNED FOR NARROW LOT
- SMALL TWO-STORY CEMENT HOUSE WITH RECESSED PORCH AND BALCONY
- CRAFTSMAN CEMENT HOUSE, SIMPLE, COMFORTABLE AND SPACIOUS
- SMALL BUT ROOMY ONE-STORY CEMENT BUNGALOW PLANNED FOR SIMPLIFIED HOUSEKEEPING
- CONCRETE COTTAGE WITH COMFORTABLE INTERIOR, DESIGNED TO ADMIT AMPLE LIGHT
- INEXPENSIVE CEMENT CONSTRUCTION FOR SUMMER AND WEEK-END ONE-STORY BUNGALOW
- TWO-STORY CEMENT BUNGALOW WITH AMPLE PORCH ROOM AND COMFORTABLE INTERIOR
- TWO-STORY HOUSE FOR VILLAGE CORNER PLOT
- MODERATE-SIZED CRAFTSMAN HOUSE COMBINING BOTH PRIVACY AND HOSPITALITY
- CRAFTSMAN HOUSE DESIGNED FOR CITY OR SUBURBAN LOT
- CEMENT COTTAGE FOR A NARROW TOWN LOT
- INEXPENSIVE AND HOMELIKE COTTAGE OF STONE AND SHINGLE, FOR SIMPLE HOUSEKEEPING
- STONE AND SHINGLE HOUSE, WITH SEVEN ROOMS AND RECESSED ENTRANCE PORCH
- ROOMY CRAFTSMAN HOUSE IN WHICH STONE, CEMENT AND WOOD ARE USED
- CRAFTSMAN STONE HOUSE WITH PRACTICAL BUILT-IN FITTINGS
- ROUGH STONE HOUSE COMBINING COMFORT AND PICTURESQUENESS
- EIGHT-ROOM BUNGALOW OF STONE AND CEMENT
- CRAFTSMAN COTTAGE OF STONE, SHINGLE AND SLATE: A PRACTICAL AND COMFORTABLE HOME
- BRICK COTTAGE WITH CONVENIENT BUILT-IN FURNISHINGS AND AMPLE PORCH ROOM
- TWO-STORY HOUSE OF STONE, BRICK AND CEMENT, WITH TYPICAL CRAFTSMAN INTERIOR
- CRAFTSMAN HOUSE OF TAPESTRY BRICK WITH PORCHES, BALCONY AND SPACIOUS INTERIOR
- BRICK HOUSE WITH MANY HOMELIKE FEATURES
- CITY HOUSE WITH INTERESTING FAÇADE AND SLEEPING BALCONY, AND HOMELIKE INTERIOR
- CRAFTSMAN CITY HOUSE WITH SECOND-STORY PORCH AND THIRD-STORY SLEEPING BALCONY
- INEXPENSIVE COTTAGE FOR A SMALL FAMILY
- MODERATE-SIZED BRICK HOUSE, WITH RECESSED PORCH AND PLEASANT, HOMELIKE ROOMS
- RURAL ONE-STORY BUNGALOW OF FIELD STONE
- ONE-STORY CRAFTSMAN BUNGALOW PLANNED ON SIMPLE AND ECONOMIC LINES
- TWO-STORY COUNTRY BUNGALOW MADE COMFORTABLE WITH MUCH BUILT-IN FURNITURE
- SHINGLED HOUSE WITH SPACIOUS LIVING ROOM AND SHELTERED PORCHES
- COMFORTABLE SHINGLED HOUSE WITH BUILT-IN FITTINGS AND SLEEPING PORCHES
- SHINGLED HOUSE WITH AMPLE PROVISION FOR OUTDOOR LIVING
- SHINGLED COTTAGE SUITABLE FOR COUNTRY, SEASIDE OR SUBURBAN LIFE
- PRACTICAL SIX-ROOM SHINGLED COTTAGE
- SMALL CRAFTSMAN FARMHOUSE OF STONE AND SHINGLES, SIMPLE AND HOMELIKE IN DESIGN
- CRAFTSMAN RURAL DWELLING COMBINING BEAUTY, COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE
- FARMHOUSE DESIGNED FOR UTILITY AND COMFORT
- COMFORTABLE, CONVENIENT, HOMELIKE FARMHOUSE WITH CONNECTED WOODSHED AND BARN
- COMPACTLY BUILT CRAFTSMAN FARMHOUSE
- PRACTICAL, INEXPENSIVE ONE-STORY BUNGALOW
- SEVEN-ROOM SHINGLED CRAFTSMAN COTTAGE
- SHINGLED COTTAGE WITH RECESSED PORCHES
- SMALL SHINGLED HOUSE WITH RIGHT USE OF STRUCTURAL FEATURES AND WOODWORK
- RUSTIC BUNGALOW WITH OPEN UPPER STORY
- SUMMER BUNGALOW WITH OPEN ATTIC
- RUSTIC ONE-STORY BUNGALOW, WITH COMPACT INTERIOR AND COMFORTABLE FITTINGS
- ONE-STORY SHINGLED CRAFTSMAN BUNGALOW FOR RURAL SURROUNDINGS
- TEN-ROOM HOUSE FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY LIFE
- COMPACT TWO-STORY CRAFTSMAN HOUSE PLANNED FOR SLOPING SITE
- CRAFTSMAN FARMHOUSE PLANNED FOR COMFORTABLE HOME LIFE
- TYPICAL ONE-STORY CRAFTSMAN BUNGALOW SUITABLE FOR EITHER SUMMER OR ALL-YEAR USE
- ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOG CABIN IN AMERICA
- THE LOG HOUSE BUILT AT CRAFTSMAN FARMS
- LOG COTTAGE FOR SUMMER CAMP OR PERMANENT COUNTRY HOME
- SMALL BUT COMFORTABLE LOG DWELLING
- LITTLE WOOD COTTAGE ARRANGED FOR SIMPLE COUNTRY LIVING
- COMFORTABLE ONE-STORY BUNGALOW OF LOGS
- PERMANENT SUMMER CAMP OF LOGS WITH TOP STORY ARRANGED FOR OUTDOOR SLEEPING
- LOG BUNGALOW FOR SUMMER USE, WITH COVERED PORCH AND PARTIALLY OPEN SLEEPING ROOM
- CRAFTSMAN COUNTRY SCHOOLHOUSE OF LOGS
- RURAL SHINGLED SCHOOLHOUSE PLANNED WITH CONNECTING WORKROOM
- CRAFTSMAN GARDENS FOR CRAFTSMAN HOMES
- PERGOLAS IN AMERICAN GARDENS
- TWO BRICK BUNGALOWS WITH CYPRESS GABLES
- CONCRETE BUNGALOWS: ECONOMY OF CONSTRUCTION ATTAINED BY THE WAY THE FORMS ARE USED
- THE CRAFTSMAN FIREPLACE: A COMPLETE HEATING AND VENTILATING SYSTEM