John J.-G. Blumenson

Identifying American Architecture

A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, 1600–1945

Foreword by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
Commentary on the photographs by David Harding Paine

Second Edition

What syles of architecture are found in your neighborhood—Georgian, Prairie, International, Spanish, Colonial Revival? Identifying American Architecture enables the reader to determine styles and identify architectural terms by comparing real buildings with the book's many photographs. Details—roofs, porches, windows and so on—are illustrated in the same manner, and all terms appear in an extensive index.

John J.-G. Blumenson is currently architectural historian of Canada's Heritage Trust, in Ontario, and was formerly on the staff of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, an architectural writer of global renown, is professor emeritus at the University of London.

Identifying American Architecture book jacket

1981 / paperback / ISBN 0-393-30610-0 / 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" / 120 pages / Architecture