WHEN YOU BUILD BY MARSHALL REID (1946)

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WHEN YOU BUILD EDITED BY MARSHALL REID. COPYRIGHT 1946. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER WITH DUSTJACKET. MEASURES 9.25X12". 160 PAGES. APPROX 400 ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS. "A BROAD PANORAMA OF AMERICA'S DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE . DRAWN FROM ALL PARTS OF THE US AND PRESENTED THAT THE PROSPECTIVE HOME BUILDER MAY WEIGHT THE ADVANTAGES OF EACH STYLE SUITABLE TO THE TERRAIN AND CLIMATE OF HIS LOCALITY. THE HOUSES SHOWN ARE THE WORK OF LEADING ARCHITECTS."

CONTENTS INCLUDE: 14 CHAPTERS BY GEORGE NELSON, WHEN YOU BUILD YOUR HOME BY GEORGE NELSON, THE SITE, LEARNING TO READ THE BLUEPRINTS, WINDOWS AND DOORS, THE WALLS, FLOORS, ROOFS, HEATING, INTERIOR FINISHES, BATHROOMS, LIGHTING, EQUIPMENT, FLEXIBLE LIVING SPACES, LANDSCAPING, FENCES, WHICH BUILDING MATERIAL WOULD YOU PREFER BY KENNETH MURICHISON ALA, THESE MOST EXCELLENT CANOPIES OF TH AIR BY DUNCAN HUNTER, LIGHT CONDITIONING AS AN AID TO COMFORT AND BEAUTY BY MARGARET SHARP HILL, SMALL HOUSES WITH A MAXIMUM OF COMFORT BY GILES EGERTON, SMALL HILLSIDE HOUSES AND THE OCCASIONAL HOUSE BY ALAN JACKSON, LUXURY HOUSES AROUND $9000 BY GILES EGERTON, HOUSES INSPIRED BY AMERICAN COLONIAL BY FREDERICK M WELLS, A TRUE DOWN EAT HOUSE BY HARRIETT SISSON GILLESPIE, OHIO ARCHITECTS BOW TO NEW ENGLAND AND A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK BY ALAN JACKSON, TIME PASSES BY THIS NEW ENGLAND TOWN BY NORINE C SULLIVAN

FEATURES HOUSES BY FAMOUS ARCHITECTS- RESIDENCE OF FREDERICK FIELD WEST HARTFORD CONN BY WILLIAM LESCAZE, TUDOR FARMHOUSE IN BEVERLY HILLS CA , HOME OF WALLACE BEERY THE MOVIE ACTOR. PAUL R WILLIAMS ARCHITECT, GRACE MILLER HOUSE IN PALM SPRINGS CA , BY RICHARD J NEUTRA (INCLUDES FLOOR PLANS AS WELL AS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PHOTOS), JAPANESE MODERN HOME IN LOS ANGELES CA, RALPH PLANT BUNGALOW HOME AT MIAMI BEACH, BRANDENSTEIN HOUSE IN PALM SPRINGS CA, JAMES GUTHRIE STUCCO HOUSE IN PALM SPRINGS CA, IRVING SNYDER HOME IN PALM SPRINGS CA , BY CLIFF MAY (INCLUDES FLOOR PLAN AS WELL AS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PHOTOS), AND MORE!