Shingle Style: 155 Home Plans from Classic Colonials to Breezy Bungalows

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Shingle Style: 155 Home Plans from Classic Colonials to Breezy Bungalows

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Consider the lowly shingle. Rarely has a single building material had such a metamorphosis in its architectural influence. Shingle Style presents 165 modern designs from 20 of todays finest home designers and architects. These professionals make the most of modern interior floorplanning: built-ins, storage areas and efficient traffic flow from room to room. Their exteriors, however, maintain the classic look and influences from the turn of the 19th Century.

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Not Actually Shingle Style & Not Really a Book.......2006-08-21

This "book" has the exact same format as the home plan magazines you can buy in the grocery store for $5: 4 designs in the front that have actually been built and decorated and then had 2 interior and 1 exterior photos taken, and then 151 other plans with only an exterior photo or pencil drawing and the floor plans. The only thing that makes this a "book" is a slightly thicker paper cover.

However, my primary concern is that the houses depicted in the book are not actually shingle style houses. Virginia and Lee McAlester in "A Field Guide to American Houses**", describe the shingle style thusly:
"Most Shingle houses were built between 1880 and 1900... The Shingle style ... was a uniquely American adaptation of other traditions. Its roots are threefold: (1) From the Queen Anne it borrowed wide porches, shingled surfaces and asymmetrical forms. (2) From the Colonial Revival it adapted gambrel roofs, rambling lean-to addtions, classical columns, and Paladian windows. (3) From the contemporaneous Richardsonian Romanesque it borrowed an emphasis on irregular sculpted shapes, Romanesque arches, and, in some examples, stone lower stories." p. 290

Only about 10 of these designs could remotely be classified as Shingle Style. [Pages 55, 61, 76, 137, and 142-147 for those interested. I think the exterior details of the house on p. 142 is the best example of a true shingle style.] The vast majority of these home plans are the standard country, colonial, and craftsman homes that you see time and time again in the home plan magazines. They have been redrawn with shingle siding instead of lap siding, thus allegedly making them "shingle style."

Finally, I was specifically looking for an urban shingle style house that I could build on a vacant city lot in Indianapolis. The standard city lots in Indianapolis are 40' wide by 110'-180' deep, leaving you with a maximum home width of 30'. There are only 3 plans in this book with widths of 30' or under. Then there are an additional 11 plans with widths between 30' and 40'. However most of those are found in the "coastal creations" section, and are apparantly designed for narrow waterfront lots. The vast majority of the plans are designed for suburban lots that are wide and shallow with garage entry on the front.

Thinking that I might possibly be able to salvage some of the money that I spent, I scoured this book for examples of shingle style exterior and interior trim and details. However, for the most part the exterior trim details are a mish mash of non-shingle styles, and of the four houses that show any interior details, they are all decidedly country.

In conclusion, take a look at this "book" if you are looking for a home to fit on a suburban lot that is CLAD in shingles. Stay away from this book if you want a true shingle style home.

** I strongly recommend "A Field Guide to American Houses", also sold on Amazon, as an excellent resource for those interested in traditional homes. You will learn the difference between Georgian, Adams, Early Classical Revival, and Greek Revival homes which are all classified simply as "Colonial" by house plan magazines and realtors. Similarly, it describes in detail and with accompanying illustration and photographic examples the differences between Victorian Second Empire, Stick, Queen Anne, Shingle, Richardson Romanesque, and Folk homes.

Not worth the money.......2001-08-17

Don't bother to order this book, It was of no use to me.

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Expert and easy-to-follow guidance on how to treat classical subjects, from landscape to portraits.

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A "wickie" must-have.......2000-11-08

The Umbrella Guide to Washington Lighthouses is a must have for "wickies" (lighthouse enthusiasts) who desire an informative booklet on the lighthouses of the Washington coastline.

The book is clearly organized into sections, and covers the lights within Puget Sound and along the Pacific coast. Each lighthouse gets a chapter of review, is briefed with informative paragraphs on its history, and is accompanied by a photograph. A map outlines the location of each lighthouse by section, and for those lights that are open to the public, a paragraph with directions and visiting hours appends each lighthouse chapter (although for some not open to the public, the user is left with only the map as a guide to locating the lighthouse for a possible visit).

Also included in the book are informative chapters on lightships and tenders of the region, as well as chapters on lenses, fog signals and other lighthouse equipment. Taken all together, the text is very interesting reading, and provides not only the physical particulars of each lighthouse, but enlightening information on local history and events.

Measuring 5-12" x 8'12", the book easily fits into the glove box of most cars, making it the perfect travelling companion to aid in locating each lighthouse in your travels. Anyone interesting in learning more about the lighthouses of Washington can't go wrong with this book.

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John Locke's attempt to justify private property is one of the central elements in his political philosophy. Matthew Kramer's new book explores in depth the Lockean theory of property, along with many other aspects of Locke's political thought. Drawing on the techniques of analytic philosophy, Kramer offers some rigorous and extensive techniques of Locke's arguments. While subsequently investigating the consequences of the shortcomings in Locke's reasoning, Kramer maintains that our understanding of Locke's political vision must change considerably. Kramer's book will be of interest to political philosophers, legal philosophers, and intellectual historians.

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Review on John Locke and the Origins of Private Property.......2000-04-15

I am especially impressed by the innovative comments made on the Lockean theory on property by the author. While many philosophers have categorized the Lockean liberal theory as individualistic, the author has successfully enlightened us to reconsider Locke's theory. Through the critical analysis on Locke, the author concludes with two important points. First, Locke was not successful to justify private ownership by the notion of equality in the State of Nature. Secondly, based on the discovery that Locke failed to justify private property, the author put forward that the Lockean theory, though at the first glance be classified as individualist, "Locke's service as an apostle of individualism was merely part of his service as an apostle of collectivism." (p.318)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Has history been tampered with?.......2007-10-23

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RAZQNMXM4M9CL Has history been tampered with? Yes, it has! Did events and eras such as the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the Roman Empire , the Dark Ages, and the Renaissance, actually occur within a very different chronology from what we've been told? Yes, they certainly did!

The history of humankind is both drastically shorter and dramatically different than generally presumed.

Why is it so? On one hand, it was usual custom to justify the claims to title and land by age and ancestry, and on the other the court historians knew only too well how to please their masters. The so called universal classic world history is a pack of intricate lies for all events prior to the 16th century. World history as we learn it today was entirely fabricated in the 16th-18th centuries. It's likely that nobody told you before, but

there is not a single piece of firm written evidence or artefact that is reliably and independently dated prior to the 11th century.

Naturally, after what you've learned in school and university, you will not easily believe that the classical history of ancient Rome, Greece, Asia, Egypt, China, Japan, India, etc., is manifestly false.

You will point accusing finger to the pyramids in Egypt, to the Coliseum in Rome and Great Wall of China etc., and claim, aren't they really ancient, thousands of years ancient? Well, there is no valid scientific proof that they are older than 1000 years!

The oldest original written document that can be reliably dated belongs to the 11th century!

New research asserts that Homo sapiens invented writing (including hieroglyphics) only 1000 years ago. Once invented, writing skills were immediately and irreversibly put to the use of ruling powers and science.

The consensual chronology we live with was essentially crafted in the 16th century by the Jesuits.

The world history was compiled from contradictory mix of innumerable copies of ancient Latin and Greek manuscripts and other irrefutable proofs delivered by late mediaeval astronomers that were cemented by the authority of writings of the Church Fathers.

Early in life, we learn about ancient history. Children love the magical lessons of history - they are like fairy tales. Teachers recite breathtaking stories; very soon We learn by heart the names and deeds of brave warriors, wise philosophers, fabulous pharaohs, cunning high priests and greedy scribes.

We learn of gigantic pyramids and sinister castles, kings and queens, dukes and barons, powerful heroes and beautiful ladies, emaciated saints and low-life traitors.

Ancient history is based documents, manuscripts, printed books, paintings, monuments and artefacts - called primary sources.

The problem is that neither these ancient documents, nor events described therein can be irrefutably dated, moreover they contradict each other for the most part.

When a school textbook tells us that Genghis Khan in year X or Alexander in year Y, have each conquered half of the world, it means only that it is so said in some of the written sources.

There are no answers to simple questions:

When were these primary sources written?

Where and by whom were these sources found?

It is wrongly presumed that ancient and medieval chronicles, written by Genghis Khan's or Alexander the Great contemporaries and eyewitnesses, are readily available. Actually, only sources written hundreds or even thousands of years after the events are there, compiled mostly in the 16th 18th centuries, or even later.

As a rule, these sources suffered considerable multiple manipulations, falsifications and distortions by editing. At the same time,

innumerable originals of ancient documents under various pretexts were destroyed in Europe under various pretexts.

The names of persons and geographical sites often changed meaning and location during the course of the centuries.

Geographical locations became clearly defined on maps only with the advent of printing.

This made possible the circulation of identical copies of the same map for purposes of the military, navigation, education and governance tasks.

Historians from Oxford say: "hey, everybody knows that Julius Caesar lived in the first century B.C.

`Julius Caesar' statement is only a point of view as

there is simply no irrefutable documentary proof that Julius Caesar or any other great name of antiquity ever existed.

Better than that - extremely rare sources that can be reliably dated back to the 10th-14th centuries A D, do not show the polished picture of classical history.

They show a picture both contradictory and confusing.

All methods of dating of ancient sources and artefacts are erroneous:

Radio-carbon C14 method produces dating with exactitude of plus minus 1500 years, therefore it is too crude for dating of events in historical timeframe!

The Almagest tractate, which lies as corner stone contemporary chronology, compiled in the 2nd century A D by Ptolemy, the founding father of astronomy, contains astronomical data of 9th to 16th century!

The Bronze Age,that has supposedly began 5000 years ago. Bronze is made of 90% copper and 10% tin, but the technology for tin extraction dates back to 14th century A D!.

All eclipses contained in manuscripts, like Thucydides one, relating 'ancient' events have exclusively medieval dating. All horoscopes cut in stone or painted in Egyptian temples, like Dendera have exclusively early medieval dating solutions.

Not quite what you have learned in school? Open your eyes, and, you will find sufficient proof to reach step by step the inevitable conclusion that the classical chronology is false and therefore, that the history of ancient and medieval world universally accepted today, is also false. Have a fresh outlook on everything said or printed about "ancient" and "enigmatic" Roman, Greek and Egyptian, medieval as well as all other "lost and found" civilizations.

Antiquity and Dark Ages are phantoms invented in the 16th 18th and polished in 19th 20thcenturies. Human civilization is in fact barely 1000 years old!

This book will change your perception of History forever!
What if Ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt were invented during Renaissance?
What if The Old Testament was a rendition of events of the Middle Ages?
What if Jesus Christ was born in 1053 and crucified in 1086 AD?
Sounds Unbelievable?
Not after you've read "History: Fiction or Science?" by Anatoly Fomenko, the genius mathematician.
Armed with astronomy and computers Anatoly Fomenko turns History into a rocket science.

Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

Aligning for the future: assertive unilateralism or concert of powers? (Perspectives on the United States).(United States foreign policy): An article from: Harvard International Review

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Aligning for the future: assertive unilateralism or concert of powers? (Perspectives on the United States).(United States foreign policy): An article from: Harvard International Review
Hall Gardner
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This digital document is an article from Harvard International Review, published by Harvard International Relations Council, Inc. on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 3196 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Aligning for the future: assertive unilateralism or concert of powers? (Perspectives on the United States).(United States foreign policy)
Author: Hall Gardner
Publication: Harvard International Review (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Harvard International Relations Council, Inc.
Volume: 24 Issue: 4 Page: 56(6)

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The transatlantic rift: US leadership after September 11. (Perspectives on the United States).(European, American views on global security): An article from: Harvard International Review

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The transatlantic rift: US leadership after September 11. (Perspectives on the United States).(European, American views on global security): An article from: Harvard International Review
Javier Solana
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This digital document is an article from Harvard International Review, published by Harvard International Relations Council, Inc. on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2831 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The transatlantic rift: US leadership after September 11. (Perspectives on the United States).(European, American views on global security)
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