 | 500 Bungalows By Douglas Keister
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Product Description
- Amazon Sales Rank: #218935 in Books
- Published on: 2006-10-01
- Released on: 2006-10-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.05" h x 6.44" w x 4.90" l, 1.32 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 508 pages
Features
- ISBN13: 9781561588428
- Condition: New
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About the Author
Dubbed "America's most noted photographer of historic architecture," Doug Keister has photographed 25 critically acclaimed books including The Bungalow, Inside the Bungalow, Outside the Bungalow, and the Bungalow Basics series. His work has been seen in numerous publications, including Smithsonian magazine, and he lectures regularly on architecture and photographic techniques around the country, including at the Smithsonian and Cooper-Union in NYC.
Most helpful customer reviews
38 of 40 people found the following review helpful.
Size Might Matter...
By M. Vacha
Wow... well I must say that I really feel "taken"!! Both Taunton Press and Keister have done excellent work in the past, so I did not think twice about purchasing the book... Unfortunately I did not pay attention to the SIZE! I fully expected this to be a picture book because that was how it was advertised. But I assumed it would be 8"x10" like similar Taunton publications. Did it do what it set out to do? Yes. It is a picture book about cottages. I did not expect the book to be 5" x 6" -- less than half the size of normal books. This is a "post card book". Buyer Beware-- This book is tiny!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
Pretty pictures
By Rosemary Thornton
The photos are beautiful and they're all color, but...
This book is a mere 6" by 4" which was a surprise. Plus, the great majority (probably 90%) of the photos are from California. A better title might be, "500 California Bungalows."
The non-Californian photos are from Bellingham, WA, Lincoln, NE and Nashville, TN and a couple from St. Paul, MN. Those are the only other non-CA cities represented in this book.
The book features several photos of kit homes from Pacific Ready-Cut Kit Homes of Los Angeles, but with nary a mention that these are indeed kit homes. For example, the houses on pages 248, 436 and 500 are gorgeous (and classic) examples of the 40,000 homes that Pacific Ready-Cut sold throughout California.
Page 163 features what appears to be a Sears Ashmore, but it is also not mentioned as being a kit home. It's a fun book and as mentioned above, the photos are all crisp, clear and colorful. While it's long on photos, it's way short on text. Two very short pages in the front of the book answer the question, "What is a Bungalow?" and that is the full extent of the historical info.
It's more a miniature coffee-table book, with its pretty, pretty bungalows, outfitted in a dazzling array of bright California colors.
Rose Thornton
co-author, California's Kit Homes
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Great exterior photos!
By paintergirl
This book is wonderful if exterior bungalow photos are what you are looking for. As a remodeler who specializes in 1920's bungalows, I often need reference photos for ideas. This book is ideal for this purpose, or if you just want to dream about ideas for your own home. One small complaint is that we found some duplicate photos within the book. And I don't mean different views, for instance a front and a side elevation. That I understand. I mean the same house fifty pages later with a different title. Kinda weird in an otherwise beautiful and exhaustive collection of bungalow facades.
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