Craftsman Home & Edwardian House Floor Plans 2 Books CD

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215 Pages

Craftsman Homes

Gustav Stickley, who was a master craftsman, furniture designer, architect and publisher, created the Arts & Crafts style of architecture during the first twenty years of the twentieth century which is known today as simply "Craftsman" or "Craftsman Homes."

The Craftsman plans offered the average American family a house that was truly a home, based on the ideals of beauty, simplicity, utility and organic harmony.

Gustav showed his designs and ideas through his magazine The Craftsman, publishing descriptions and drawings of homes beginning in 1901, and later on his two classic books: Craftsman Homes (1909) and More Craftsman Homes (1912).

Gustav's Craftsman Home collects all of Stickley house designs, published in The Craftsman magazine between 1904 and 1916. All the designs are here in sequential order from 1 to 221, as well as commissions and special designs, along with exterior illustrations, floor plans, and fascinating historical photographs for many of the featured homes. Contemporary photographs of selected built houses, keyed by number to Stickley designs, take the reader's experience from paper dreams to modern reality.

Please note: This excellent PDF Reprint is a high-quality, electronic facsimile version of the actual book published in 1909.

Contents Covered

“The simplification of life”: by Edward Carpenter

"The art of building a home": by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin

A craftsman house founded on the California mission style

An old-fashioned house with the dining room and kitchen in one

A small cottage that is comfortable, attractive and inexpensive

A plain house that will last for generations and need but few repairs

A cottage of cement or stone that is conveniently arranged for a small family

Suburban house designed for a lot having wide frontage but little depth

A very simple and inexpensive cottage built of battened boards

A cement house that shows the decorative use of concrete as a framework

Cement house showing lavish use of half-timber as a decoration

Cement house showing craftsman idea of half-timber construction

A comfortable and convenient house for the suburbs or the country

A craftsman city house designed to accommodate two families

A craftsman farm house that is comfortable, homelike and beautiful

House with court, pergolas, outdoor living rooms and sleeping balconies

The craftsman's house: a practical application of our theories of home building

A small shingled house that shows many interesting structural features

A roomy, inviting farmhouse, designed for pleasant home life in the country

A simple, straightforward design from which many homes have been built

A craftsman house in which tower construction has been effectively used

A concrete cottage designed in the form of a Greek cross to admit more light

A bungalow of irregular form and unusually interesting construction

A roomy, homelike farmhouse for lovers of plain and wholesome country life

A plaster house upon which wood has been liberally used

A farmhouse designed with a long, unbroken roof line at the back

Two inexpensive but charming cottages for women who want their own homes

A log house that will serve either as a summer camp or a country home

A pleasant and homelike cottage designed for a small family

A country clubhouse that is built like a log cabin

A plain little cabin that would make a good summer home in the woods

A bungalow built around a courtyard facing the water

A rustic cabin that is meant for a weekend cottage or a vacation home

A bungalow designed for a mountain camp or summer home

A convenient bungalow with separate kitchen and open air dining room

A cottage planned with a special idea to economical heating

A cottage that comes within the limits of very moderate means

A country house that was originally planned for a mountain camp

Porches, pergolas and terraces: the charm of living out of doors

The effective use of cobblestones as a link between house and landscape

Beautiful garden gates: the charm that is always found in an interesting approach to an enclosure

The natural garden: some things that can be done when nature is followed instead of thwarted

What may be done with water and rocks in a little garden

Halls and stairways: their importance in the general scheme of a craftsman house

The living room: its many uses and the possibilities it has for comfort and beauty

The dining room as a center of hospitality and good cheer

A convenient and well-equipped kitchen that simplifies the housework

The treatment of wall spaces so that a room is in itself complete and satisfying

Floors that complete the decorative scheme of a room

An outline of furniture-making in this country: showing the place of craftsman furniture in the evolution of an American style

Willow chairs and settles which harmonize with the more severe and massive furniture made of oak

Craftsman metal work: designed and made according to the same principles that rule the furniture

The kind of fabrics and needlework that harmonize with and complete the craftsman decorative scheme

Cabinet work for home workers and students who wish to learn the fundamental principles of construction

Our native woods and the craftsman method of finishing them

The craftsman idea of the kind of home environment that would result from more natural standards of life and work

PDF Reprint #2

255 Pages

100 Edwardian House Floor Plans

Originally a sales catalog advertising the sale of building blue prints available from the Radford Architectural Company, published in 1900s, this classic architectural book contains the perspective view and floor plans of 100 low and medium priced American houses in the Edwardian era.

In this work, great care "has been exercised in the selection of original, practical and attractive house designs", and "in the drawing of these plans, special effort has been made to provide for the most economical constructions, thereby giving the home builder and the contractor the benefit of the saving of many dollars."

There are also pithy bits of advice and cost estimates following with each plan, which makes this book more valuable.

Please note: This excellent PDF Reprint is a high-quality, electronic facsimile version of the actual book published in 1900s.

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