Best historic architecture preservation books according to redditors
We found 10 Reddit comments discussing the best historic architecture preservation books. We ranked the 8 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
As an old house lover (and fellow old house owner), I'm begging you to please restore those windows! It can be done!
I'm making this response extra long and detailed since this question comes up from time to time. Hopefully it can be a resource for others.
But I say this as a guy who bought a real wreck of a house where the previous owner had let everything go. We needed to fix all 45 openings at once as part of a major rehab, and after 6 weeks of effort, about $3000 of experimentation (including taking a week off work and hiring two people to help me), I finally gave up and put in vinyl windows. It completely broke my heart, and my house is uglier because of it. But sometimes, an old window is just too far gone to save. But in that process I learned a lot and I'd like to share a few things.
OK, on to your questions.
General resources and tools I found useful:
Some that I love:
BTW this book helped to shift my views toward recycling and reuse.
Very interesting topic. If you're attracted to these ideas, I'd re comes reading "the future of the past"
Here is the desktop version of your link
Or this one
I really enjoyed this book.
What it seems like to me, and IDK nothin', is that the purlin or joist was 1/4" too long and so it was quicker to adjust with square cuts on the girt or rafter than it was to re-cut the depth of the dovetail. I'm halfway through The Timber Framing Book and they mention boxing joints, but I'm unclear on what it means and all the internet want to show me is boxed heartwood centers or box joint jigs. The book defines the term as making adjustments for inconsistent joinery. Seems like what I describe above.
Any input on the matter would be appreciated. Thank you.
Vanishing Vancouver. Beautiful coffee table book. Watercolours. Explores Vancouver housing architecture. Makes walks more enjoyable when you understand the history.
Available at the library for anyone else whose interested.
https://www.amazon.ca/Vanishing-Vancouver-Last-25-Years/dp/1770500677
We literally quote from the Bible over and over again. We even tell you in some cases which book its from. How is that not Bible based?
Yes, we include a bit of Shakespeare and quotes from a famous book of classical architecture too.
But to deny the Biblical origins of the very words used in our degrees? That's some incredible mental gymnastics you're attempting, and failing at.