TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cooke,M.B.
ED  - Lincoln College (University of Canterbury).
TI  - The age of houses illustrated
AV  - NA7472 .C66
U1  - 728 
PY  - 1972///]
CY  - [Christchurch, N.Z.]
PB  - Lincoln College, Farm Management and Rural Valuation Dept.
KW  - Architecture, Domestic
KW  - New Zealand
N1  - Cover title; Author information from preface; 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
N2  - "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
ER  -