Drawing toward home : designs for domestic architecture from historic New England / James F. O'Gorman, editor ; with Lorna Condon [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Gorman, James F.

Condon, Lorna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural drawing--New England--19th century.

Architectural drawing.

Architectural drawing--New England--20th century.

Architecture, Domestic--New England--Designs and plans.

Architecture, Domestic.

Architecture--New England--History--19th century.

Architecture.

Architecture--New England--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Designs for domestic architecture from historic New England

Place of Publication:

Boston : Historic New England ; Gardiner, Me. : Distributed by Tilbury Publishers, 2010.

Summary:

A selection of drawings of domestic buildings that surveys the development of the profession of architecture in New England from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth century.

Contents:

Introduction. Drawings for New England domestic architecture, 1800-1980 / James F. O'Gorman

The development of the profession of architecture in New England / Roger Reed and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.

Suitable for framing : architectural drawings as works of art for homes and hotels / Christopher Monkhouse

Preserving on paper : historic New England's collection of architectural records / Lorna Condon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: O'Gorman Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780884483281

0884483282

OCLC:

482621086