1000 Turn-of-the-Century Houses

With Illustrations and Floor Plans

Herbert C. Chivers

• Editorial: Dover Publications
• Año: 2011
• ISBN:
  9780486138633
• Categoría: Arquitectura
• Categoría: Historia de la arquitectura

A remarkable presentation of the `finished ideas of a practicing architect of high rank in his profession,` this early-twentieth-century showcase of homes features a wide range of designs from a Midwest master. Reproduced from a rare edition, the work features a splendid array of dwellings, from cottages and bungalows to sprawling mansions. Each house is meticulously illustrated and accompanied by complete floor plans.
`A poorly planned house is usually more expensive than a modern practical plan,` according to the author, architect Herbert C. Chivers. Combining `modern methods` with attractive but modestly priced plans, Chivers promoted his business with sketches of stylish homes, accompanied by brief captions stating dimensions, prices, and occasional suggestions for modifications. This reprint of his complete guide to domestic architecture of the early 1900s constitutes a valuable resource for home hobbyists, architecture students and professionals, as well as antique collectors.

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Osceola design 51014, story heights 10 ft 6. Large spacious rooms, width over all 55 ft. Plans $55.

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ORDER BLANK.

Please fill out the enclosed order and question blank in back of book as near as you can and I will immediately proceed with the preliminary plans. These plans may probably require changing several times, in order to suit you exactly, and I shall expect prompt replies, so that I can give the matter attention while it is fresh in mind. You possibly have a view of a house which comes near suiting you, or a partly executed plan, which you can send rough tracing of

Qannah Design 510 story heights 10 ft. Plans $15.

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STYLE IN ARCHITECTURE.

STYLE in architecture is that original beauty which establishes a standard of excellence in each individual building and gives a sense of indefinable completeness.

Style in architecture is a product of the fancy of the architect which can be simple and economical and still beautiful, or common-place and yet quite expensive.

Style in architecture is something about a building in the way of improvement of outline or detail which makes it attractive and desirable to the casual observer.

Style in architecture is an innovation of the architect who has dared to be original and individual and who can produce a building which will, at the same time, appeal to popular favor.

HOME MAKING

HOME is the word of broadest, deepest and tenderest significance in the English language. The home is the culmination of domestic love and the training school for future generations. The young married couple has no more sacred duty than the building a home which shall reflect their thought and embody their life together.

There are four important factors to be considered in the making of a home, the bank account, the wife, the husband and the architect. These must harmonize or these will be a failure where so much depends upon success.

If there is only a few thousand dollars to be invested there must be no reaching out the unattainable. The fact must be squarely faced.

It...