Walk through five centuries of homes both great and small—from the smoke-filled manor
halls of the Middle Ages to today's Ralph Lauren-designed environments—on a house tour …

The house is home to many things. Far more than four walls and a roof, it contains our
private and public lives, our families, our memories and aspirations, and it reflects our …

A recently published children's book, The Big Orange Splot, tells the story of Mr. Plumbean,
who lives happily" on a street where all the houses are the same"(Pinkwater 1977). One day …

With a new epilogue Richly illustrated with houses large and small, old and new, with
photographs, plans, and cutaway drawings, this is a book for people who want a house but …

If asked to imagine home, most of us will come to think of a particular house or building. And,
for many of us, the quintessential image of home remains the place we grew up in. This …

The American suburban dream house-a single-family, detached dwelling, frequently
clustered in tight rows and cul-de-sacs-has been attacked for some time as homogeneous …

From the palace hotels of the elite to cheap lodging houses, residential hotels have been an
element of American urban life for nearly two hundred years. Since 1870, however, they …

This chapter deals with the issue of beauty in the home that indicates author's engagement
with the issue of domestic aesthetics. In varying fields of work is a strong current of …

House as a Mirror of Self presents an unprecedented examination of our relationship to
where we live, interwoven with compelling personal stories of the search for a place for the …

" In the pivotal decades around the turn of the century, American domestic life underwent
dramatic alteration. From backstairs to front stairs, spaces and the activities within them were …