The Architecture of Country Houses

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architectural pattern book book

The Architecture of Country Houses is an influential 19th-century pattern book by Andrew Jackson Downing that popularized picturesque and practical designs for American rural and suburban homes.

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instanceOf architectural pattern book ⓘ
book ⓘ
aim to popularize picturesque domestic architecture ⓘ
to provide practical guidance for building country houses ⓘ
author Andrew Jackson Downing ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs influential 19th-century pattern book ⓘ
genre architecture ⓘ
house design manual ⓘ
pattern book ⓘ
hasIllustration architectural engravings ⓘ
floor plans ⓘ
perspective views of houses ⓘ
hasPart advice on heating and ventilation ⓘ
advice on interior arrangements ⓘ
advice on materials ⓘ
advice on rural taste ⓘ
construction specifications ⓘ
cost estimates ⓘ
designs for cottages ⓘ
designs for farmhouses ⓘ
designs for villas ⓘ
plans and elevations ⓘ
influenced American residential architecture ⓘ
pattern books in the United States ⓘ
rural and suburban house design in America ⓘ
influencedBy Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form: Gothic Revival architecture

Italianate architecture ⓘ
picturesque movement ⓘ
language English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification NA7205 ⓘ
mainSubject country houses ⓘ
picturesque architecture ⓘ
practical house design ⓘ
rural domestic architecture ⓘ
suburban domestic architecture ⓘ
notableFor popularizing picturesque and practical designs for American rural and suburban homes ⓘ
wide influence on 19th-century American house forms ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
publicationDate 1850 ⓘ
publisher D. Appleton & Company ⓘ
relatedWork A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening ⓘ
Cottage Residences ⓘ
targetAudience American middle class ⓘ
architects ⓘ
builders ⓘ
carpenters ⓘ
rural homeowners ⓘ
suburban homeowners ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Andrew Jackson Downing → notableWork → The Architecture of Country Houses ⓘ
Cottage Residences → relatedWork → The Architecture of Country Houses ⓘ
Downing → notableWork → The Architecture of Country Houses ⓘ
subject surface form: Andrew Jackson Downing