100 Turn-of-the-Century Brick Bungalows with Floor Plans (Paperback)

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Product Description

Reprint of fascinating 1912 publication features all the winning entries from a major nationwide competition for bungalow designs—from a tile-roofed hacienda to an elaborate thatch-roofed English cottage. 100 superbly rendered plates show houses in perspective, with floor plans, itemized construction costs and some landscape planning. A valuable reference for home restorers, students and enthusiasts of American domestic architecture.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (July 13, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486281191
• ISBN-13: 978-0486281193
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,205,709 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insight on a different time, January 4, 2008

By	Robert Michael Smith (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It is interesting to compare the home plans in this book to the homes of today. The houses in the plans are smaller and most only have one bathroom but they have a charming details that is hard to find in the oversized "McMansions" that are being built today. Unless you are planning on faithfully recreating a house from the early 1900's this book is probably going to most useful as a source of inspiration and good ideas.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming and fascinating book, March 21, 2008

By	J. Gilbert "Ole Judy" (Meadville, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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As my husband and I look toward retirement, we are dreaming of the kind of house we will be looking for, or building, when we move. I have always loved the bungalow style for its coziness and nostalgic feeling. This book is full of bungalow concepts, all drawn from a magazine-sponsored contest in the early 1900's for plans for a brick bungalow for $3000. If you buy this book, be sure to get out your magnifying glass so you can read the designers'/architects' comments -- they are very funny! One said that if you think you can actually build a brick bungalow for $3000, you should plan on a thatched roof! I love this book and have perused it, and dreamed over it, many times. I have lots of ad-hoc bookmarks (like, corners torn from the newspaper or discarded mail!) stuck in at floor plans I like. There is a brick marketing "story" in the back of the book that is wonderful of its type.

4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read, December 3, 2008

By	Jason (Salt Lake City) - See all my reviews

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This book is great. Break out the magnifying glass, some of the printing is really small. My only complaint is the house plans are from people mostly on the east coast, so they don't quite fit what people from the west coast would call "Bungalows". There's really only 1 plan in there that looks like a California bungalow. But, the book is full of creative plans that would be very comfortable small homes.