Homes of Moderate Size: A Collection of Photographs and Plans of Modern Suburban and Country Homes, Following the Colonial, Italian and English ... and Arranged Accordingly (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Kenneth Whitney Dalzell

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330352777 ISBN 13 : 9781330352779

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. Excerpt from Homes of Moderate Size: A Collection of Photographs and Plans of Modern Suburban and Country Homes, Following the Colonial, Italian and English Architectural Styles, and Arranged Accordingly (Classic Reprint)



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Présentation de l'éditeur

A rchitect, and as this is a book of small and moderate sized houses, it might not be amiss to devote a page or two to the duties and services performed by him. Briefly, the architect inspects the site and familiarizes himself with the requirements of the family to occupy the house. He then prepares preliminary sketches, to a small scale, of plans and elevations, and when these have been worked to a degree of possibility, a perspective sketch or drawing is prepared to give the client a more comprehensive idea of the exterior appearance of the house as it will be. When these sketches are approved, working drawings, specifications and details are prepared. These are sent out for estimates to the general contractor, or contractors in the individual trades, as carpenter, mason, etc. The bids are gone over with the owner and the contracts awarded, the architect drawing the contracts and seeing that they are properly recorded. Then the work is supervised to see that the plans and specifications are properly carried out. The contractors make application for payments as the work progresses and the architect issues certificates for payment to the amounts that the contractor is entitled. In preparing preliminary sketches, the roughly made sketches of plans, supplemented with photos and details of houses the owner admires, are of great assistance to the architect in working out a plan, and I am sure are welcomed by almost any architect as suggestions. They give an idea more clearly than words as to what the client has in mind, though it is sometimes difficult to explain to him that they can not all be worked into one house. But the client who comes in and wants a plan like this and an exterior like that regardless of whether or not it is the best plan or design possible, does not, I should say, need the services of an architect. A draughtsman can put in the form of wor
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330352777
• ISBN 13: 9781330352779
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 146
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