Bibliography: Classical Architecture for the American Luxury Home
Creating the American Luxury Home Available now on CD- rom. (click below left) This is a history of the luxury home with sections on working with an architect and builder, style, modern and traditional approaches, etc. Also, companion volume: Dream Home Design Questionnaire and Planning Kit (click right below, available as PDF file via email)
The following titles are selected from sources consulted in writing 'Creating the American Luxury Home' (see Design Questionnaire at left) and from other books collected over several years of research, all of which will instruct and enlighten anyone interested in the rhetoric of architecture, and particularly the history and evolution of the luxury home from shelter to palace to estate. ( books not listed in order of preference)
Virtue and Magnificence, Alison Cole, 1995 Harry N. Abrams
Italian Villas and Their Gardens, Edith Wharton, 1904 Da Capo Press, Inc.Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, 1994 Princeton University Press
The American Country House, Clive Aslet, 1990
Matters of Proportion, Richard Marlitt, 1989 Oregon Historical Society Press
The Natural House, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1954 Horizon Press
American House Now, Susan Doubilet Daralice Boles, 1997 Universe Publishing
The Villa, James S. Ackerman, 1990 Princeton University Press
Survival through Design, Richard Neutra, 1954Oxford University Press
Heavenly Mansions, John Summerson, 1963 W.W.Norton & Company
Historic Architecture in Alabama, Robert Gamble, 1990 University of Alabama Press
The Old Way of Seeing, Jonathan Hale, 1994 Houghton Mifflin Company
The Book of Houses, John P. Dean and Simon Breines, 1946 Crown Publishers
Guide to Buying or Building a Home, William G. Connolly, 1978 Times Books
American House Styles, John Milnes Baker, , 1994 W.W. Norton & Co.
The Most Beautiful House in the World, Witold Rybczynski, 1989 Penguin Books
Architecture, Ambition, and Americans, Wayne Andrews, 1978 The Free Press
With Benefit of Architect, Edward X Tuttle, Jr., 1968 The Macmillan Company
Briefing Your Architect, Frank Salisbury, 1998 Butterworth-Heinemann
The Good House: Contrast as a Design Tool, Jacobson, Silverstein and Winslow, Taunton Press
The Genius of Frank Lloyd Wright: Oak Park, Robin Langley Sommer, 1997 Barnes and Noble Inc.
The American Family Home, Clifford Edward Clark, Jr., 1986 The University of North Carolina Press
American Castles, Amy Hardy, 1998 Todtri Productions Limited
The American Family Home 1800-1960, Clifford Edward Clark, Jr., 1986 The University of North Carolina Press
Palaces of Europe, Wayne Dynes, 1968 The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited
Versailles, Christopher Hibbert, 1980 Newsweek Book Division
In the Cause of Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1975 McGrawHill, Inc.
Problem Seeking, William Pe�a, 1987 Press
Building Facades, Ernest Burden, 1998 McGraw Hill
The Book of Houses, John P. Dean and Simon Breines, 1946 Crown Publishers
Experiencing Architecture, Steen Eiler Rasmussen, 1959 ___________________
Baroque, Diana Scarisbrick, 1973 Orbis Publishing London
The Louis Styles, Nieta Apr�, 1970 Orbis Publishing London
Classical Modern Architecture, Andreas Papadakis, 1997 Terrail
Source Book of American Architecture, G.E. Kidder Smith, 1996 Princeton Architectural Press
Good Houses, Russell F. Whitehead, 1922 Weyerhaeuser Forest Products
California Architecture, Sally B. Woodbridge, 1988 Chronicle Books
Private Palaces, Christopher Simon Sykes, 1985 Viking Penguin Inc.
Kitsch, Gillo Dorfles, 1975 Universe Books
Designing Your Clients House, Alfredo De Vito, 1983 Whitney Library of Design
Pride of Place, Robert A.M. Stern, 1986 Houghton Mifflin Company
The Houses of McKim, Mead, and White, Samuel G. White, 1998 Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.
The Magnificent Builders, Joseph J. Thorndike Jr., 1978 American Heritage Publishing Co.
Italian Gardens of the Renaissance, J.C. Shepherd & G.A. Jellico, 1994 Academy Group Ltd.
The Architecture of Michaelangelo , James S. Ackerman, 1995 Penguin Books
Architecture, Ambition, and Americans, Wayne Andrews, 1979 The Free Press
Grand Homes Of The Mid Atlantic, Bill Harris, _______________________
Great Houses, Constance M. Greiff, 1973 The Pyne Press
Plan Your House to Suit Yourself, Tyler Stewart Rogers, 1938 Charles Scribners Sons
How to Build a House with an Architect, John Milnes Baker, 1988 Harper and Row
The Great Houses of Paris, Claude Fr�gnac and Wayne Andrews, 1979 Vendome Press
Stately Mansions, Michel Gallet, 1972 Praeger Publishers
The Place of houses, Charles Moore, Gerald Allen, Donlyn Lyndon, 1974 Holt, Rinehart and Winston
The Well Built House, James Locke, 1992 Houghton Mifflin Company
Looking Around, Witold Rybczynski, 1992 Penguin Books
The English Country House, Gervase Jackson-Stops, 1985 Little, Brown and Company
The Glory that was Home, Brian Townsend, 1990 Lochar Publishing
Plantation Houses and Mansions of the old South, J. Frazer Smith, 1993 Dover
Great American Homes, Charles L. Mee, Jr., 1988 Oxmoor House, Inc.
American Country Houses of the Gilded Age, Arnold Lewis, 1982 Dover Publications, Inc.
Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic, Fiske Kimball, 1922 Charles Scribners Sons
The Comfortable House, Alan Gowans, 1986 MIT Press
The Naturally Elegant Home, Marinelli and Kourik, 1992 Little, Brown & Co.
American Victorian Architecture, Arnold Lewis, 1975 Dover
Turn-of-the-Century House Designs, William T. Comstock, 1994 Dover
The effective architect, Wendell E. Rossman, 1972 Prentice-Hall, Inc.
The Story of Western Architecture, Bill Risebero, 1979 Herbert Press Limited
The Four Books of Architecture, Andrea Palladio, 1965 Dover Publications, Inc.
Changing Places, Richard Moe and Carter Wilkie, 1997 Henry Holt and Company
The Home Design Guide, Shepherd and Morledge, 1995 Dearborn Financial Publishing, Inc.
The World Atlas of Architecture, John Julius Norwich, 1998 Chancellor Press
Terence Conrans New House Book, Terence Conran, 1998 Conran Octopus Limited
The Work of John Vanbrugh, Geoffrey Beard, 1986 B.T. Batsford LTD
Inigo Jones, John Summerson, 1966 Penguin
The Latest Country Houses, John Martin Robinson, 1984 The Bodley Head Ltd.
The Devil Knows Latin, E. Christian Kopff, 1999 ISI Books
The Classical Vernacular, Roger Scruton, 1994 St. Martins Press
Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture and Space, Peter Blake, 1965 Penguin
Five Arts, F.E. Halliday, 1955 Lowe and Brydone Limited
Morality and Architecture, David Watkin, 1977 The University of Chicago Press
Scope of Total Architecture, Walter Gropius, 1955 The Macmillan Company
Life in the English Country House, Mark Girouard, 1978 Penguin
Architecture of the Renaissance, Bertrand Jestaz, 1996 Harry N. Abrams Inc.
Renaissance Architecture: Critics, Patrons, Luxury, David Thomson, 1993 Manchester University Press
Flight of Fancy: The Banishment and Return of Ornament, Brent C. Brolin, 1985 Academy Editions
Chateau des Reves:
click image above for exclusive video of interior spaceReference/ Historical Source Books
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: Massey Residence, 6,800 SF two story Georgian Revival constructed with 6" Insulwall panels on first floor and 2x6 framing on second. Two story Foyer, Living, Library, Family. Master Suite, 3 children's bedrooms on second floor with access to Library. Second floor Media Room with secondary stair into Family. Guest Suite on first floor. 4 car garage. See more photos here.Classical Architecture, Robert Adam, 1990 Abrams
The Classical Orders of Architecture, Robert Chitham, 1985 Rizzoli
American Classicist, Elizabeth Meredith Dowling, 1989 Rizzoli
American Country Houses of the Gilded Age, Arnold Lewis, 1982
Elements of Form & Design in Classic Architecture, Arthur Stratton, 1987 Studio Editions
Classical Architecture in Renaissance Europe 1419-1585, John Fitzhugh Millar, 1987 Thirteen Colonies Press
Palladio, Wundram Pape Marton, Taschen
Villas of the Veneto, Peter Lauritzen, 1988 Abrams
Villas of Tuscany, Carlo Cresti, 1993 The Vendome Press
Villas and Gardens of Tuscany, Sophie Bajard & Raffaello Bencini, 1993 Terrail
Neoclassical and 19th Century Architecture, Robin Middleton/ David Watkin, 1987 Electa/ Rizzoli
The English Country House A Grand Tour, Gervase Jackson and James Pipkin, 1985 New York Graphic Society
Great Georgian Houses of America, Architects Emergency Committee, 1970 Dover
Greek Revival America, Roger G. Kennedy, 1989 Stewart Tabori & Chang
Westmoreland and Portland Places, Julius K. Hunter, 1988 University of Missouri Press.
Palm Beach Houses, Shirley Johnston, 1991Rizzoli
Italian Splendor, Jack Basehart, 1990 Rizzoli International Publications
The Splendor of France, Laure Murat, 1991 Rizzoli International Publications
Moorish Architecture, Marianne Barrucand and Achim Bednorz, 1992 Taschen
American Home Styles Reference
Field Guide to American Architecture, Carole Rifkind, 1980 Plume/ PenguinWhat Style is it?, Poppeliers Chambers Schwartz, 1983 John Wiley & Sons
A Field Guide to American Houses, Virginia & Lee McAlester, 1996 Knopf
House Styles in America, Massey and Maxwell, 1996 Penguin)
Related Reading
Modern American Houses, Elisa Urbanelli, 1996 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Elisa Urbanelli, 1996 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The Language of Post-Modern Architecture, Charles Jencks, 1977 Rizzoli
Home from Nowhere, James Howard Kunstler, 1996 Simon & Schuster
Modernity and the Classical Tradition, Alan Colquhoun, 1989 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modern Architecture, Vincent Scully Jr., 1986 George Braziller
Your Engineered House, Rex Roberts, 1964 M. Evans and Company, Inc.
The Dream House Think Book, S. Blackwell Duncan, 1977 Tab Books
Fine Homebuilding, Taunton Press, Inc.
The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
Period Style, Mary Gilliatt, 1990 Little, Brown and Company
Interior Design with Feng Shui, Sarah Rossbach, 1991 Arkana Books
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