Craftsman-Style Houses [antikvár]

Introduction The Craftsman-style house was the most popular small house in the United States in the first two decades of the 20th century. And over the past decade, it has also been a favorite of Fine Homebuilding's readers and editors. Along with Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie style, the Craftsman style was deeply influenced by the English Arts and Crafts movement. Its principal identifying features are low-pitched, gabled roofs with wide overhanging eaves and exposed roof rafters. But its enduring significance to our built environment surpasses this quick technical summary. In this collection of articles from the first ten years of Fine Homebuilding (issues 1-66) you will find renovations and newly constructed houses, decks and island retreats, large houses and small spa rooms, shoji walls and stone walls. What unites this collection is what united the outlooks of Charles and Henry Greene, Gustav Stickley, Bernard Maybeck and others — an appreciation for handcrafted natural materials, a love of craftsmanship and a preference for warmth and utility over ornamentation and architectural revivalism. - The Editors