Georgian Houses for All

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-54204-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woodforde, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Wohngebäude
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

John Woodforde