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How to Build a House

by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc

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The greatest architectural theorist of the nineteenth century explains his craft as a novel: a boy decides to build a house for his sister, and his architect cousin walks him through every decision — site, plan, foundations, framing, roof, cost and the builder’s evasions — with the drawings the boy is shown.

A masterclass in building, disguised as a summer holiday. Download the free EPUB.

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