American Shelter : An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Home

by Lester R. Walker

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Diagrams trace the development of American house styles from the Indian longhouse to a proposed space settlement and indicate characteristic features of each design.

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Fascinating look at houses and other shelters built over the years in the United States. Included are sketches of building layouts as well as how the houses evolved over time.

Jul 30, 2010

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Lester Walker is an award-winning architect and author of numerous books related to houses and architecture. He has been a professor of architecture at City College of New York and has lectured and presented seminars at Harvard University, MIT, UCLA, and the Rhode Island School of Design. His work has appeared in such magazines as House Beautiful, show more Time, House and Garden, Life, and Progressive Architecture show less

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