Georgian Houses for All

John Woodforde (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

196 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-54204-1 (ISBN)

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First published in 1978, Georgian Houses for All describes how little Gregorian houses came into being and how the original inhabitants used them. Gregorian houses at their smallest and simplest can be seen everywhere in the British Isles – detached, semi-detached and joined together in terraces. There are probably still over a million of them, built during a period of 130 years without the direct aid of architects. John Woodforde points out that an instinctive wish for a symmetrical front seems to be shown by young children’s drawings of houses, these being generally balanced and orderly. The Georgians’ love of symmetry, marked in their way of hanging pictures, was part of a desire for private order amongst public disorder, a desire to have one small sphere in which nature was fully controlled. John Woodforde reminds us that, in the present-day return to terrace-house building, the Georgian version remains a valuable guide. The book will be of interest to students of architecture, urban planning, and history.

John Woodforde

Author’s Note 1. Palladian Comfort 2. Five Types of Houses 3. Builders and Landlords I 4. Builders and Landlords II 5. The First Terrace Houses 6. Living in London 7. Building Materials and Economy 8. The Farmhouse 9. The Parsonage 10. Furnishing and Lighting 11. Bedrooms 12. Hygiene 13. The Sash Window 14. Chimneys and Fireplaces 15. Non-classical Work 16. The Villas and the End 17. Archival Records 18. The Georgian Tradition Revived Bibliography Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.08.2023
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-032-54204-7 / 1032542047
ISBN-13	978-1-032-54204-1 / 9781032542041
Zustand	Neuware