Housing And Dwelling A Reader On Modern Domestic Architecture 1st Edition Barbara Miller Lane by Barbara Miller Lane 9780203799673, 9780415346559, 0203799674, 041534655X instant download after payment.

A collection of thought-provoking essays on the changing face of domestic architecture over two centuries, highlighting the wide range of source materials and theoretical perspectives available to scholars of architectural history.
Content: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART I: Methods and interpretations; 2 Who interprets?: The historian, the architect, the anthropologist, the archaeologist, the user?; 3 What is home?; 4 Domestic spaces as perceptual, commemorative, and performative; PART II: Themes in modern domestic architecture; 5 Living downtown: Nineteenth-century urban dwelling; 6 Victorian domesticity: Ideals and realities; 7 Rural memories and desires: The farm, the suburb, the wilderness retreat
Abstract: A collection of thought-provoking essays on the changing face of domestic architecture over two centuries, highlighting the wide range of source materials and theoretical perspectives available to scholars of architectural history