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Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Flanders traces the evolution of the house from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century across northern Europe and America, showing how the homes we know today bear only a faint resemblance to homes throughout history. What turned a house into a home?"--Dust jacket flap.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
What can a house tell us about the person who lives there? Do we shape the buildings we live in, or are we formed by the places we call home? And why are we especially fascinated by the houses of the famous and often long-dead? In Lives of Houses, a group of notable biographers, historians, critics, and poets explores these questions and more through fascinating essays on the houses of great writers, artists, composers, and politicians of the past.Editors...
3) American dream come true: why affordable housing is good policy, good business, and good for America
Author
Publisher
Forbes Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
What if there were one single way we could significantly improve the American economy, public health, and offer attractive investment opportunities, while also providing more homes for American families and workers? The American Dream has always been built on the notion that no matter where you come from, you can be successful. For the past century, housing has played a major role in making the American Dream a reality for millions of individuals....
Author
Publisher
Atria Books/Beyond Words
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A close-up examination and exploration, How We Live Now challenges our old concepts of what it means to be a family and have a home, opening the door to the many diverse and thriving experiments of living in twenty-first century America. Across America and around the world, in cities and suburbs and small towns, people from all walks of life are redefining our "lifespaces"--the way we live and who we live with. The traditional nuclear family in their...
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