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BUILDING ON YOUR STREET. Simon, Seymour. New York:
Holiday House, 1973.
- students learn to observe and measure carefully,
to group, to make predictions;
- students learn to work in a scientific way;
- good series of ?s which can be answered based on
observations.
DAILY LIFE IN A VICTORIAN HOUSE. Laura Wilson,
Preservation, Washington, DC, 1993.
The Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic
This book looks at a household and its
social and historical background, combining
photographs of artifacts, clothes and interiors
with text to present an intimate portrait of a
Victorian home. $16.95. (Elementary)
DISCOVER AMERICA'S FAVORITE ARCHITECTS. Glenn,
Patricia Brown. ThePreservation Press, 1996 (new
edition expected in 2001).
This book introduces the major American works of
selected architects and describes their
contributions to building and landscape design.
Included are Paul R. Williams, first significant
black architect and Julia Morgan, a successful
woman in a traditionally male-dominated
profession.
A FIELD GUIDE TO AMERICAN HOUSES. McAlester,
Virginia and Lee McAlester. New
York. Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
-Perhaps the best available handbook for stylistic
identification and information
FIRST HOUSES: Native American Homes And Sacred
Structures. Jean Guard Monroe,
Ray A. Williamson, Illustrated by Susan Johnston
Carlson, Houghton Mifflin Company,
Boston 1993.
Legends associated with Native American houses and
sacred structures describe the
setting of patterns for today's homes. The stories
range from the earth lodge, to the tipi, to
the crystal house. $14.95. (Middle-Junior High)
FUN WITH ARCHITECTURE. David Eisen, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and
Viking, A Division of Penguin Books USA Inc., 375
Hudson Street, New York, New York
10014, 1992.
35 RUBBER STAMPS, ARCHITECTURE GUIDEBOOK, INK PAD.
$22.50. (Elementary)
HOUSES, STRUCTURES, METHODS, AND WAYS OF
LIVING. Piero Ventura, Houghton
Mifflin Company, Boston,1993.
In this unique, accessible, and visually
fascinating series, noted illustrator and
author
Piero Ventura traces the intriguing history of
human achievement and ingenuity. $ 16.95.
(Elementary)
HOUSE STYLES AT A GLANCE. Van Buren, Maurie.
Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1991.
-good illustrations and concise descriptions.
HOW BUILDINGS LEARN: What happens after they're
built? Brand, Stewart. New York:
Viking Penguin, 1994.
- great photographs to support text showing how
buildings change;
- text based on concepts of site, structure, skin,
services, space plan, and stuff;
IDENTIFYING AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE. Blumenson, John
J.-G.. Nashville: American
Association for State and Local History, 1977.
-good illustrations and concise descriptions.
IDENTIFYING AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE: A Pictorial
Guide to Styles and Terms,
1600-1845. John J. G. Blumenson. W. W. Norton &
Company, New York, 1981.
This book enables the reader to determine styles
and identify architectural terms by
comparing real buildings with the book's many
photographs. All terms appear in an
extensive 16 -page index. $12.95. (High School)
I KNOW THAT BUILDING. D'Alelio, Jane.
Washington: The Preservation Press, 1989.
30 architectural-ventures show what architecture is
all about with good illustrations.
ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF HISTORIC
ARCHITECTURE. Harris, Cyril M, ed. New
York: Dover Publications, 1983.
-thorough definitions of architectural terms.
IMAGES OF AMERICAN LIVING: Four Centuries of
Architecture and Furniture as
CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS. Gowans, Alan. New York:
Harper & Row, 1964.
-a helpful source on interiors and exteriors.
MY BACKYARD HISTORY BOOK Weitzman, David. Boston:
Little, Brown and Company,
1975.
- over 30 activities described for children of all
ages to learn their family history;
- descriptions are worded for children to
understand without close adult supervision.
THE MYSTERY TOUR EXPLORING THE DESIGNED ENVIRONMENT
WITH
CHILDREN. Balaban, Richard C. Washington: The
Preservation Press, 1976.
- activities designed initially for 5-6th graders
in a one-week sessions;
- involves a variety of the senses;
-set up as a journey, "looking at old places with
new eyes and seeing more of ourselves in
the process."
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