Open Directory - Arts: Architecture: Building Types: Houses

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: Houses (118)

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Log Cabins (8)
Low Income@ (25)
Town (12)
Villas (9)

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Arts: Architecture: Building Types: Fortifications: Castles (143)
Reference: Museums: History: Historic Houses (523)
Society: Issues: Housing (84)

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French (34)
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Everingham Rotating House - A 24-metre diameter octagon rotating house with a 3-metre, 360-degree verandah with exterior glass and steel walls. Features inside and outside galleries, FAQ and media references.
Gravel Springs Farm - A late Federal style brick farmhouse, built in 1836 in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, now undergoing restoration. Illustrated history with references. Photographs of the setting.
Göran Ervin Schömer - A senior researcher at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm provides his study "The Theory of the Production of Architectural Space" on the benefits of prefabricated housing.
Home Transfer - A web project by artist Pat Badani investigating the impact of new technologies on the home. Interviews with architects Craig Brandt, James (Rusty) Smith, Jamie Horwitz, TJ McLeish, Zoka Skorup, Whookiat Heng and Anand Bahtt.
Lamontage House - This interpretation centre provides a comprehensive guide to the development of housing in Québec from the 18th century to today. Includes listings of heritage houses to visit in the region.
Slow Home - John Brown, Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary, provides design-focused information for those aiming to step beyond the world of cookie cutter housing. Mission, advice, news and video interviews. Register to comment.
Tropical House Design - Vincent Fischer-Zernin displays his design to open the house to the warmth and nature of the tropics. Examples in Thailand and Laos. [English and German.]
Villa Riviera - Condominium apartments in Long Beach, California, designed in the French chateau style by Richard D. King in 1929. History, original brochure, photographs with commentary; related buildings.

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: Architecture
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: Log Cabins (8)

Open Directory - Arts: Architecture: Building Types: Houses: Log Cabins

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Great Lakes School of Log Building - Teaching the craft of log building in northern Minnesota. Provides a lengthy bibliography on the history and techniques of log construction.
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site - The 1840s home of Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln is now an 86-acre living history farm run by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, which includes a replica of the Lincoln log cabin and two other farm houses of the period.
Log Cabins in America: The Finnish Experience - This lesson plan from the US National Park Service provides a history of the log cabin tradition and Scandinavian influence on American pioneers.
Log Cabins: Building Homes on the American Frontier - Jackie Craven explains that today's log cabins may be spacious and elegant, but in the 1800s they reflected the hardships of life on the North American frontier.
Log Homes Council - US national organization of manufacturers of log homes. Showcases a log home each month, offers log home information, and lists accredited members.
Morgan Log House, Towamencin, PA - Brief history, description and visitor information on the 17th-century log house, home of Daniel Boone's grandparents.
PBS: Frontier House: Frontier Life - Illustrated article by Christopher W. Czajka on the homes built on the United States frontier in the latter part of the 19th century. Covers the historical background and details of construction. Includes a short bibliography.
The Preservation and Repair of Historic Log Buildings - This guide by Bruce D. Bomberger for the National Park Service includes a history of log cabins in the United States.

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