{"product_id":"house-architecture-volume-i-9789354419942","title":"House Architecture (Volume I)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): J. J. Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Alpha Edition\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Alpha Edition\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow should a house think, feel, and work for the people who inhabit it? In House Architecture (Volume I), celebrated Victorian architect J. J. Stevenson answers with clarity and conviction. Houses shape how we live. First published in the late nineteenth century, this classic domestic architecture handbook explores the design and construction of dwellings from first principles: proportion, convenience, light and air, circulation, and the graceful layout of family houses. Drawing on the reality of nineteenth century British houses, Stevenson writes as both practitioner and critic, creating a Victorian house design guide that still speaks to modern eyes and minds. Part treatise, part classic house pattern book, House Architecture (Volume I) examines Victorian era home architecture and the principles of home planning as a living art, balancing beauty with use and social meaning. Its measured analysis and concrete examples make it an enduring historic architecture reference book, valued as an architecture students reference and as a thoughtful resource for home designers and a practical historic home restoration resource. For anyone fascinated by how rooms shape behaviour, how facades express character, and how tradition can guide innovation, Stevenson offers a humane and informed voice. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Edition","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48227665084567,"sku":"9789354419942","price":5232.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789354419942.webp?v=1788775901","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/house-architecture-volume-i-9789354419942","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}