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Old New Zealand houses, 1800-1940 /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Auckland : Reed Methuen, 1986.Description: 246 p. : ill. ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0474000494
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • NA7472 S35 1986
Contents:
Introduction (Old houses in a New Zealand landscape ; The research) -- The first houses, 1800-1860 (Settling New Zealand (Maori houses, 800-1769 ; First European arrivals, 1792-1840 ; Settlement, 1840-1860) ; Houses for settlers, 1840-1860 (Imported technology ; Local materials ; Early houses in general ; Planning & form ; Style)) -- Victorian villas & cottages, 1860-1910 (Technology, 1860-1910 (Woodworking ; Woodworking machinery in New Zealand ; The companies ; The builders ; Catalogue houses ; Brickmaking ; Metalworking ; Glassmaking) ; Villas & cottages (Siting & planning ; Construction ; Planning & form ; Style)) -- The bungalow & beyond, 1910-1940 (The Californian bungalow (American origins ; The Californian bungalow in New Zealand style) ; English houses, 1910-1935 (British origins ; English cottage style ; The New Zealand bungalow-cottage) ; Exotic interludes, 1930-1940 (Spanish Mission style ; English cottager revival ; International style & moderne) ; State houses, 1905-1945).
Summary: This book is both a history and a celebration of New Zealand's magnificent old houses, a clear and approachable account of how these houses were made and inhabited.-- from back cover.
List(s) this item appears in: Richardson Collection
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Reference Reference Carleton University, AVRC Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot Open-stacks NA7472 S35 1986 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 16055001462
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NA7328 .P74 1975 Your house: the outside view / NA7333.L6 P35 2015 At home with the Soanes : upstairs, downstairs in 19th century London / NA7448 .K585 2005 Chinese houses : the architectural heritage of a nation / NA7472 S35 1986 Old New Zealand houses, 1800-1940 / NA7575 .R35 2004 A-frame / NA7850.C32 T473 2004 Ah, wilderness! : resort architecture in the Thousand Islands / NA8230 .A77 1972b The barn; a vanishing landmark in North America

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-242) and index.

Introduction (Old houses in a New Zealand landscape ; The research) -- The first houses, 1800-1860 (Settling New Zealand (Maori houses, 800-1769 ; First European arrivals, 1792-1840 ; Settlement, 1840-1860) ; Houses for settlers, 1840-1860 (Imported technology ; Local materials ; Early houses in general ; Planning & form ; Style)) -- Victorian villas & cottages, 1860-1910 (Technology, 1860-1910 (Woodworking ; Woodworking machinery in New Zealand ; The companies ; The builders ; Catalogue houses ; Brickmaking ; Metalworking ; Glassmaking) ; Villas & cottages (Siting & planning ; Construction ; Planning & form ; Style)) -- The bungalow & beyond, 1910-1940 (The Californian bungalow (American origins ; The Californian bungalow in New Zealand style) ; English houses, 1910-1935 (British origins ; English cottage style ; The New Zealand bungalow-cottage) ; Exotic interludes, 1930-1940 (Spanish Mission style ; English cottager revival ; International style & moderne) ; State houses, 1905-1945).

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