McAlester, Virginia Savage A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised) (0375710825)
Now in paperback: the fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses. This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; expanded and completely new categories of house styles with photos and descriptions of each; an appendix on 'Approaches to Construction in the 20th and 21st Centuries'; an expanded bibliography; and 600 new photographs and line drawings.