 | American Shelter: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Home by Lester R. Walker
Buy new: $21.24 / Used from: $2.00 The very best of the line drawing architectural field guides. Over 103 styles identified.
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 | A Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia McAlester
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $3.28 Best of the photographic field guides. Highly recommended.
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 | The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture by Rachel Carley
Buy new: $17.82 / Used from: $5.31 This is the best guide for learning the names of architectural features that come together to create a style.
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 | A Field Guide to American Architecture by Carole Rifkind
Buy used from: $0.01 This field guide uses drawings prepared for the Historical American Buildings Survey. They are hyper-realistic by their very nature.
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 | American Houses: A Field Guide to the Architecture of the Home by Gerald L. Foster
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $2.27 An average line drawing guide.
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 | A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture by Carole Rifkind
Buy used from: $0.54 Most field guies stop somewhere around 1950. This is a field guide to what has happened in the recent past.
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 | What Style Is It?: A Guide to American Architecture, Revised Edition by John C. Poppeliers
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $8.46 Average guide with good drawings and decent photos.
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 | American House Styles: A Concise Guide by John Milnes Baker
Buy used from: $1.81 Strong written descriptions. Average line drawings.
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 | The Houses We Live In: An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Domestic Architecture
Buy used from: $4.54 Over 600 photos of American homes.
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 | The Abrams Guide to American House Styles (Abrams Book) by William Morgan
Buy new: $30.40 / Used from: $3.34 A so-so photographic guide. High quality pictures ruined by poor editing.
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 | Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, 1600-1945 by John J. G. Blumenson
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $4.99 The worst field guide. Do not purchase.
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 | How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture by Edward Allen
Buy used from: $6.26 A great book for developing a deeper understanding of how buildings work.
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| The American House by Mary Mix Foley
Buy used from: $3.41 A hardback with beautiful illustrations and well written. A good value if purchased used.
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 | Traditional Construction Patterns: Design and Detail Rules-of-Thumb by Stephen Mouzon
Buy new: $35.91 / Used from: $21.13 A lot of really bad traditional architecture has been built in the United States in the past fifty years. This guide allows you to understand why there is so much mediocre architecture. Over a 1,000 photos. Of real interest to those who love looking at old houses.
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 | Old-House Dictionary: An Illustrated Guide to American Domestic Architecture (1600-1940) by Steven J. Phillips
Buy new: $23.16 / Used from: $4.92 |
 | Under Every Roof: A Kid's Style and Field Guide to the Architecture of American Houses by Patricia Brown Glenn
Buy used from: $61.80 |
 | The Old Barn Book: A Field Guide to North American Barns & Other Farm Structures by Allen G. Noble
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $11.25 |
 | Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings (Library of New England) by Thomas Durant Visser
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $12.00 |
 | New Orleans Houses: A House Watchers Guide by Lloyd Vogt
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $11.53 |
 | AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C. by Mr. Christopher Weeks
Buy used from: $0.64 |
 | Details: A Guide to House Design in Britain by Philippa Lewis
Buy used from: $13.94 |
 | Chicago In and Around the Loop : Walking Tours of Architecture and History by Gerard R. Wolfe
Buy new: $22.45 / Used from: $9.90 |
 | National Geographic Guide to Americas Great Houses (National Geographic Guide to America's Great Houses) by Henry Wiencek
Buy used from: $2.55 |
 | Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape by Brian Hayes
Buy new: $39.96 / Used from: $11.81 |
| American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940 by Herbert Gottfried
Buy used from: $19.04 |
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