The Art of Building a Home

Epigraph

MANCHESTER:
Chorlton & Knowles, Mayfield Press.

Preface

Some time ago I published a reprint of two of my articles with illustrations which had appeared in “The Building News.”

This little publication, though long out of print, being still constantly asked for; and the need of something to take its place being felt by us; the question of re-issuing it arose. Instead of doing this, however, it seemed better, as being a later and fuller expression, to collect two or three of the lectures which my partner and I had from time to time written for various audiences; and to add by way of illustration some of the sketches and photographs we had by us.

So came into existence this book in its present form.

BARRY PARKER,
The Quadrant, Buxton, 1901.

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	CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK.	Page.
	Introduction	I-VI
I.	Of the Smaller Middle Class House	1
	Barry Parker.
II.	Of the Dignity of All True Art	21
	Barry Parker.
III.	Of our Education in Art	37
	Barry Parker.
IV.	Of Art and Simplicity	55
	Raymond Unwin.
V.	Of Furniture	69
	Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin.
VI.	Of Building and Natural Beauty	83
	Raymond Unwin.
VII.	Of Co-operation in Building	91
	Raymond Unwin.
VIII.	Of the Art of Designing Small Houses and Cottages	109
	Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin.
	List of Plates and Plates at the end.	136