"19世纪初期，印第安纳州处于东方与西部前沿地区思想的交汇处——从而得到了一个独特的机会来表达美国住宅建筑风格的创造性改造。本世纪后期的工业化创造了新的财富，可以在城市之外建造非凡的房屋。到20世纪初，美国人创造了自己独特的草原风格的住宅建筑。 这本240页的简编包括印第安纳州的90多座房屋，它们代表了美国**的住宅建筑，从联邦和古典复兴风格到现代风格。

这个关于住宅建筑的演变的有趣故事阐述了每个时期有决定性意义的特征，包括外观，体积，细节以及室内装饰——所有这些都用大幅面的黑白照片精美地展示了出来。

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"In the early nineteenth century, Indiana was at the intersection of ideas from the East and the frontier - resulting in a unique opportunity to express creative adaptions of residential architectural styles in America. Industrialization later in the century created new wealth to build extraordinary houses outside of cities; by the early twentieth century, Americans had created their own distinctive residential architecture with the Prairie Style. This 240 page compendium includes over ninety houses in Indiana which are representative of the finest American residential architecture, from the Federal and Classical Revival styles to Modern.

The fascinating story of the evolution of residential architecture elaborates on the character defining features of each period, including the exterior form, massing, details as well as interiors - all beautifully illustrated in large format black and white photographs.

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