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HOUSE
STYLES AT A GLANCE. Maurie Van Buren,
Longstreet Press, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991.
This is an easy to use and reasonably priced
reference guide to the full range of house styles
in American architecture. Detailed
illustrations of houses and features will provide
you and your students with tools to identify most
styles.
OLD HOUSE, NEW HOUSE. A Child's Exploration of
American-Architectural Styles,
Michael Gaughenbaugh and Herbert Camburn, The
Preservation Press, Washington DC,
1993.
This book follows a boy along an architectural
journey as he learns how American houses
have changed over 400 years and finds out what it
means to restore the Victorian mansion
his parents purchased. $16.95. (Elementary)
-done in story-telling style with the narrator
being son of buyers of an old house;
-good color illustrations of various architectural
styles and building method;
-engaging way of educating
THE REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS (5-8). Frost, Nigel. Building
Experiences Trust, 1992.
- addresses at back of people involved in
built-environment education;
- brief descriptions of workshops conducted by
experts of the above.
START EXPLORING ARCHITECTURE. A Fact-Filled
Coloring Book, Peter Dobrin,
Illustrated by Helen I. Driggs, Running Press,
Philadelphia, 1993.
While reading about the 60 landmarks in this book,
one discovers why buildings look the
way they do. Using art supplies and imagination the
buildings can be changed to create
new ideas. $ 8.95 (Elementary)
THE STORY OF AMERICAN HOMES. Contact EBSCO at
1-800-633-8623 for more information.
STREETS. Cvijanovic, Serge and Galila Spero. Boston
Society of Architects, 1976.
- recommended for grades 3 through 6.
STYLES AND TYPES OF NORTH AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE.
New York: Harper
Collins, 1992.
-does good job of providing context of social
history.
UNDER EVERY ROOF. A Kids' Style and Field Guide to
the Architecture of American
Houses, Patricia Brown Glenn, illustrated by Joe
Stites, The Preservation Press,
Washington DC. , 1993.
-full of cartoon-type, informative
illustrations;
-uses as examples over 60 houses listed on National
Register
A guide, with watercolor illustrations, to
understanding and identifying architectural
styles. $16.95. (Elementary)
THE VICTORIAN HOUSE COLORING BOOK. Helberg,
Kristin.. New York: Dover
Publications, Inc., 1980.
-explanatory text on page opposite each
illustration;
- drawings of exterior, attic, front porch,
hallway, parlor, library, dining room, kitchen,
- three bedrooms, bathroom, basement, garden and
gazebo, and carriage house.
THE VISUAL DICTIONARY OF BUILDINGS. Eyewitness
Visual dictionaries. -1st American
Ed., Dorling Kindersley Inc., New York, 1992.
Labeled illustrations with explanatory text depict
historical and contemporary structures,
architectural elements, and building components
from ancient times to the present.
$14.95 (Elementary-Adult)
WALK AROUND THE BLOCK. Graves, Ginny. Prairie
Village, Kansas: Center for
Understanding the Built Environment, 1992.
- activities designed for grammar-school age
students by the experts at the Center;
- activities tried by people from other places, too
- shows non-experts can do it;
- book's format is ready for photocopying activity
sheets;
- Center has catalog and publications, teaching
tools, etc.
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A BUILDING. Wilson,
Forrest.. Washington: The Preservation
Press, 1988.
- appropriate for ages 7 and up;
- first published in 1969, and now revised and
updated;
- Wilson is professor emeritus in architecture and
has written books and articles;
- this book is all drawings, but it begins with
this premise: '1Everyone can understand
buildings. You feel gravity, wind, sun and rain.
Buildings feel the same stresses and strains
that people do. For this reason you can put
yourself in a building's place.
When you feel what it feels like to be a building,
you can talk to buildings and
they will talk to you in building body
language.
WHAT STYLE IS IT? A Guide to American Architecture,
John C. Poppeliers, Allen
Chambers, Jr., Nancy B. Schwartz, The Preservation
Press, 1983.
Filled with photographs and illustrations, this
guide allows the reader to identify
architectural assets of a building while learning
about the details and features needed to
identify a building's style. $ 8.95. (High
School-Adult)
- book brings to life the extraordinary
existence
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