A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised)

Now in paperback: the fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses.

This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; expanded and completely new categories of house styles with photos and descriptions of each; an appendix on "Approaches to Construction in the 20th and 21st Centuries"; an expanded bibliography; and 600 new photographs and line drawings.

"Magisterial. . . . The illustrated story of why our houses—great and humble and everything in between—look the way they do." —The New York Times

"One of the most informative guides published in years." —Chicago Sun-Times

"The best field guide to American residential architecture that has ever been published and likely to remain so for many years. Its superiority is obvious from the most cursory examination." —Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
 
"Chronicles the past 400 years of American styles, from wigwam to mobile to modern." —Alexandra Wolfe, The Wall Street Journal
 
"Encyclopedic. . . . For lovers of historic homes, this is a rich trove of not just details, but reasons for them." —The Denver Post
 
"880 pages of scholarly wonder." —D Magazine
 
"The definitive guide to American housing styles." —The Columbus Dispatch
 
"Outstanding . . . Expanded and completely revised . . . Both scholars and average readers will find much to enjoy in this volume." —Booklist (starred review)