The age of houses illustrated / [M.B. Cooke].
Material type: TextPublisher: [Christchurch, N.Z.] : Lincoln College, Farm Management and Rural Valuation Dept., [1972]Description: vi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 728
- 728.30993 22
- NA7472 .C66
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 728 COO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A061021B |
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Photographs of houses with commentary to indicate period, compiled for students, valuers, and real estate agents.
Mainly historical -- Old houses dating from 1860 onwards -- Early cottages -- Single storey to two storey cottages and houses of the 70s and 80s -- Transition from the cottages to the single storey house of 1890 to 1900 era -- Mica schist, sun dried brick and natural materials -- Vlla, square house and the centre gutter -- Bay villa or T house -- Turrets, towers and tall gables -- Early bungalows -- Bungalows of 1915-1920 -- Bungalows of 1920-1930 -- Two storey houses from 1900 to 1930 -- 1930 to 1940: the Depression and the recovery in the building trade -- Effect of World War II, 1940-1950 -- Adventurous period -- A parade of homes, Christchurch 1957 -- Shape of things to come, 1960-1970 -- Conventional styles -- Split level houses -- Houses for hill sections -- Roofing styles and the return of the flat roof -- Modal houses over the years.
"The objective of this book is to use photographs to indicate the period when a particular style of house was in deman. Distinctive features and the "era" are discussed in the accompanying script."--Publisher description.
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