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Seattle Bungalow : People And Houses, 1, Paperback by Ore, Janet, ISBN 0295986271, ISBN-13 9780295986272, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The common notion that architectural change flows only from the design elite is modified in an examination of how ordinary people played a crucial role in the development of the bungalow style of American architectural design. Original.

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PublisherUniversity of Washington Press

ISBN-100295986271

ISBN-139780295986272

eBay Product ID (ePID)52418586

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSeattle Bungalow : People and Houses, 1900-1940

Publication Year2006

SubjectDesign, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Buildings / Residential, Customs & Traditions

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaArchitecture, Social Science

AuthorJanet D. Ore

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight19.6 Oz

Item Length10.3 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2006-002429

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Janet Ore's subject-the origins, marketing, development, and legacy of working-class housing in Seattle-offers an opportunity not only to explore architectural history but to characterize the economic, aesthetic, moral, and social dimensions of such housing."-Dennis Andersen, co-author ofDistant Corner: Seattle Architects and the Legacy of H. H. Richardson"A valuable record of the housing boom that transformed the American suburban landscape in the first decades of the twentieth century."-Kingston Heath, Director, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, University of Oregon

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal728/

Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments 1. Blueprints for " The Seattle Bungalow " 2. Idealizing The Seattle Bungalow 3. Building The Seattle Bungalow 4. Selling The Seattle Bungalow 5. Living in The Seattle Bungalow 6. Legacy of The Seattle Bungalow Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisIn the early twentieth century, the appearance of new houses across the United States shifted dramatically. Rejecting the elaborate decoration and complexity of Victorian homes, these new houses featured open, parlorless interiors and a minimalist aesthetic, radiating an aura of warmth, coziness, and naturalness. Nowhere were such residences more evident than in West Coast cities, especially Seattle, where explosive growth generated entire neighborhoods of this new house type--the bungalow. It was the nation's first modern home, and it established the essential characteristics of popular housing for the rest of the twentieth century. In The Seattle Bungalow , Janet Ore modifies the common notion that architectural change flows only from the design elite--the architects, domestic reformers, and planners who advocate for changes in domestic architecture--and argues that ordinary people played a crucial role in creating the bungalow. Through their growing power as consumers, modest-income families influenced the physical form of early twentieth-century houses and suburban landscapes. Still operating within a nineteenth-century labor and contracting system, small home builders responded to rising consumer demand for new conveniences such as electricity and central heating by simplifying their structures. Ambitious salespeople-real estate agents, plan book purveyors, and builders--created a new market for affordable small houses through astute advertising and financing. And once families acquired their homes, they used them flexibly, adapting their lives to their domestic spaces and refashioning their homes when necessary. From such efforts sprang the Seattle bungalow, an artifact of ordinary people's part in creating modern culture., The bungalow was the nation's first modern home, and it established the essential characteristics of popular housing for the rest of the twentieth century.

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