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How to Build a House

by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc

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  1. 1Chapter I — Paul Gets an Idea
  2. 2Chapter II — With a Little Help, Paul’s Idea Is Developed
  3. 3Chapter III — The Tree of Knowledge
  4. 4Chapter IV — Paul’s Ideas Respecting Art, and How They Were Modified
  5. 5Chapter V — Paul Pursues a Course of Study in Practical Architecture
  6. 6Chapter VI — How Paul Is Led to Recognize Certain Distinctions Betw…
  7. 7Chapter VII — Setting Out the Foundations of the House, and Operati…
  8. 8Chapter VIII — Paul Reflects
  9. 9Chapter IX — Paul, Clerk of the Works
  10. 10Chapter X — Paul Begins to Understand
  11. 11Chapter XI — The Building in Elevation
  12. 12Chapter XII — Observations Addressed to Eugène by Paul, and the Rep…
  13. 13Chapter XIII — The Visit to the Building
  14. 14Chapter XIV — Paul Feels the Necessity of Improving Himself in the…
  15. 15Chapter XV — Consideration of the Staircases
  16. 16Chapter XVI — The Critic
  17. 17Chapter XVII — Paul Inquires What Architecture Is
  18. 18Chapter XVIII — Theoretical Studies
  19. 19Chapter XIX — Theoretical Studies — Continued
  20. 20Chapter XX — Studies Interrupted
  21. 21Chapter XXI — Building Recommenced — The Timber Work
  22. 22Chapter XXII — The Chimneys
  23. 23Chapter XXIII — The Cantine
  24. 24Chapter XXIV — The Joiner’s Work
  25. 25Chapter XXV — What Paul Learnt at Chateauroux
  26. 26Chapter XXVI — The Slating and Plumbing
  27. 27Chapter XXVII — Order in Finishing the Work
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII — The House-Warming
  29. 29Explanation of Some of the Technical Terms Used in This Book

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