Hello, I have developed a bit of an interest in how older houses were actually built. Anyone know of any good books or websites with pictures and stories about old-time building methods?
Thanks.
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Older? How much?
"Old House Journal" is a good place to start.
Some of the Eric Sloan books have some info on old house construction, although a bit sketchy.
Have you read "Home" or "The Most Beautiful House in the World", both by Witold Rybczynski? Not really "this is how they were built", more like the history of the evolution of design. Fascinating.
Great suggestions JIm.
Yeah, they not about "HOW" we or they build houses but WHY we build
them the way we do. Again great suggestion.
In
another discussion here talking with Edgar76b about the whys and how or
crown molding a good book came up in the discussion regarding how they built
houses in the colonial period. The
Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725 by Abbott Lowell Cummings.
You might want to look for that one but there are literally hundreds of books
on architectural history. What houses and a what period and what region were
you thinking of? You might also want to ask Edgar76b too since he's thinking
along those lines too with his interests.
"Architecture is the
handwriting of Man." - Bernard
Maybeck.