architecture, domestic

Offers a room-by-room and generation-by-generation description of the Yin Yu Tang home, which was built in China during the Qing dynasty around the year 1800 and has housed eight generations of Huang family members.

Includes an introduction. Contains 172 color plates of Victorian houses accompanied by brief captions.

A history of home design from prehistoric times through the twentieth century, with see-through pages allowing the reader to look inside an Assyrian palace, a French ch?teau, a Mayan village, and a weaver's cottage.

Describes the homes of the ancient Romans, including palaces, merchants' homes, and city and country houses, covering their furniture and decoration, heat and light, kitchens, gardens, and bathing areas.

Presents full-color illustrated photos and drawings of ten unique houses in various places around the world describing how and from what they are made and everyday activities such as cooking, working, sleeping, and playing.

Contains alphabetically arranged descriptions of different types of American homes.

As a family restores the large old house they have bought, they learn about its history and special features and about other types of houses, from San Francisco Victorians to Midwest farmhouses to New York brownstones.

Contains color illustrations and floor plans of seventy-five Victorian-era designs for residences and other buildings.