American Architects and the Single-Family Home - Lessons Learned From the Architects'' Small House Service Bureau

American Architects and the Single-Family Home explains how a small group of architects started the Architects' Small House Service Bureau in 1919 and changed the course of twentieth-century residential design for the better. Concepts and principles they developed related to public spaces, private spaces, and service spaces for living; details about the books they published to promote good design; as well as new essays from contemporary practitioners will inspire your own designs. More than 200 black and white images.

List of contents

Foreward 1. An Overview of Single-Family Houses in the U.S. 2. An Introduction to the ASHSB and their Designs 3. Site, Form and Style 4. Spaces for Living and Entertainment 5. Functional Living Spaces 6. Private Spaces for Living 7. The ASHSB and Interior Design 8. Residential Architecture and Implications for the Future 9. Design Principles of Small Homes Bibliography Image Credits

About the author

Lisa M. Tucker, Ph.D., has been a practicing interior designer and architect for 20 years with a specialization in sustainability and historic preservation. She is an Associate Professor at Virginia Tech and teaches courses on lighting, building systems, and upper level design studios and is the Program Chair and Graduate Program Coordinator for Interior Design. She holds degrees in architecture and architectural history from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri–Columbia in architectural studies.

Summary

American Architects and the Single-Family Home explains how a small group of architects started the Architects’ Small House Service Bureau in 1919 and changed the course of twentieth-century residential design for the better.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa M. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute an Tucker
• Assisted by: Lisa M. Tucker (Editor), Tucker Lisa M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2015
• EAN: 9781138837836
• ISBN: 978-1-138-83783-6
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Professional interior design, ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, History of Architecture, Architecture: interior design, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design, Civil engineering, surveying and building