Abstract
This is a study on American cities and their house forms which were built between the latter half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. This is to follow the previous study on English examples. This study is based on the field survey and research of five examples in order to consider diversity of American houses and popularity of the design. This report has five chapters. The first chapter discusses Row Houses in New York. They developed in their original way from the 18th century to 1920's. Considerations are made from the following three aspects which reveal the features of Row Houses:
1) styles of the appearance
2) horizontal forms
3) coordination in continuous forms
In the second chapter, we discuss Victorian style houses in San Francisco. In addition to its rapid development in 1849 owing to the gold rush, its particular geographical condition with ups and downs have made the city form of San Francisco special of its own. It is a good example of how a city form and various styles of construction relate to each other. In the third chapter, we discuss Private Place in St. Louis, Missouri which is a form of residential area particular to the district. It is an interesting example showing how to create an integrated residential area in a densely populated city. In the fourth chapter, the residential area of Riverside planned by F.L. Olmsted near Chicago is reviewed. This is one of the oldest, most successful and best maintained suburbs in U.S.A. The fifth chapter focuses on mining towns in the mountains of Colorado. Many of them are ghost towns at present. However, by analyzing them, we can clarify the symbolism and popular images of architecture because of the fact that they were constructed rapidly and also at a time.
