Research Catalog

Title

Town houses : urban houses from 1200 to the present day / Marcus Binney.

Author

Binney, Marcus

Publication

New York : Whitney Library of Design, 1998.

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Details

Description

176 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

• Terrace, or row, houses are part of the fabric of almost every town and city in the West. Town Houses is the first book to approach the history of their architecture from 1200 right up to the present day on an international scale. It explores the fascinating background and character of over 120 town houses, from medieval Romanesque buildings to contemporary steel and glass structures, and offers revealing insights into their design and layout and the lifestyles of those who have occupied them.
• Town Houses examines how architects, builders, and craftsmen have adapted to changes in society and technological advances in each century, providing a testament to their skill and ingenuity. It focuses on the need for conserving this diverse and revealing aspect of our urban past and on remarkable present-day innovations in this continuing and vibrant architectural tradition.

Subject

• Row houses > History
• Row houses
• Woningen
• Steden

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-171) and index.

Contents

1: Medieval master builders -- Romanesque Cluny, Burgundy -- Medievel Gothic house, Venice -- The Rows, Chester -- Half-timbered houses, Rennes -- Stone and stucco houses, Krakow -- Wine lock-ups, Sterzing -- Timber-framed houses, Rouen -- Hanseatic merchant's houses, Lübeck -- 2: Renaissance and Baroque splendour -- The minor palaces, Florence -- Place des Vosges, Paris -- Le Muet's seven grades, Paris -- Burghers' houses, Amsterdam -- Gabled mansions, Rothenburg ob der Tauber -- Gabled Cromwellian houses, Newington Green, London -- Sea captains' houses, St Malo -- Huguenot weavers' houses, Spitalfield, London -- Bohemian Baroque, Litomerice -- 3: Neo-classical elegance -- Refinement and comfort, Paris -- Classical perfection, Bath -- Courtiers' houses, Potsdam -- The four grades of house, London -- Streets and squares, Dublin -- White-washed houses, Mahón, Minorea -- Red-brick terraces, Philadelphia -- Beacon Hill, Boston -- Regency elegance, Brighton -- The classical revival, Savannah -- Verandahed houses, Sydney -- 4: 19th and early 20th century eclecticism -- Merchant's houses, Hamburg -- Brownstones, New York -- Beaux Arts homes, Paris -- Artisan dwellings, Battersea, London -- The Painted Ladies, San Francisco -- Arts and crafts house, Kensington, London -- One house over another, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire -- Eclectic houses of 1900, Brussels -- Horta's Art Nouveau house, Brussels -- Twin houses, Asolo -- 5: 20th century modern -- Colourful modernism, Berlin -- Festival of Britain housing, Poplar, London -- Custom-designed luxury, Chicago -- Lagoon revival, Côte d'Azur -- Pole houses, Rotterdam -- Modern Venice, Mazzorbo -- High-tech housing, Camden, London -- Mid-block alley houses, San Francisco -- Riverside housing, Southwark, London -- Glass and steel row, Konstanz.

ISBN

• 0823069621
• 9780823069620

LCCN

98004148

OCLC

• ocm38965985
• 38965985
• SCSB-414743

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library