Vernacular Architecture: An Illustrated Handbook (Paperback)

R.W. Brunskill

ISBN 10: 0571195032 / ISBN 13: 9780571195039

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2000

About this Item

Paperback. A new edition of the classic handbook, fully updated, with 24 pages of additional illustrations and text. Brunskill's Vernacular Architecture is the essential guide to the architecture of manor houses, farmhouses, cottages, barns, stables, mills, inns, shops and early industrial buildings, which were built according to local traditions and close to the domestic scale. As an illustrated record of traditional building techniques it is indispensable. A new edition of the handbook, fully updated, with 24 pages of additional illustrations and text. This is the essential guide to the architecture of manor houses, farmhouses, cottages, barns, stables, mills, inns, shops and early industrial buildings, which were built according to local traditions and close to the domestic scale. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Seller Inventory # 9780571195039

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vernacular Architecture: An Illustrated Handbook (Paperback)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571195032
• ISBN 13: 9780571195039
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

This fourth edition of a work on architecture which was first published in 1970 presents a record not of great houses or great churches, but of the manor houses, farmhouses, cottages, barns, stables, mills, inns, shops and early industrial buildings close to the domestic scale that, up to the 19th century, were built according to local traditions. The various materials and methods of construction used for walls, roofs, staircases, windows, doorways and other features are covered, with illustrations relating directly to the text.