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A remarkable collection of Stickley home designs. In 1901, Gustav Stickley created the first uniquely American style of furniture and home design—known as Craftsman. A leader of the Arts and Crafts movement in homebuilding and a major influence on Frank Lloyd Wright, Stickley created home designs that valued construction in harmony with its landscape: open floor plans, built-in storage, and natural lighting. In his lifetime, he designed at least 241 homes in this style and published more than 200 plans in his journal, The Craftsman. Stickley remains one of the great names in design, and Craftsman Homes and Bungalows showcases his work in an affordable, attractive new edition. Featuring several hundred black-and-white photographs, line drawings, and sketches of cabins, cottages, and bungalows from concept to finished product, it presents easy-to-understand directions for both home construction and improvement. This new, all-encompassing volume will provide guidance and inspiration to everyone who wants to understand or reproduce the Stickley style.

Gustav Stickley (1858–1942), a pivotal figure in the American Arts and Crafts Movement, was a publisher, writer, innovator, and renowned furniture manufacturer who envisioned a new form of American home. His designs emphasized beauty, simplicity, utility, and organic harmony, significantly influencing American domestic architecture. Stickley advocated for features like split-levels, semi-partitions, and a seamless integration with natural surroundings, championing the principle of form following function. This collection showcases 78 authentic Mission style dwellings, complete with 345 black-and-white illustrations, including exteriors, interiors, floor plans, elevations, and Stickley’s insightful comments. Drawing inspiration from the English Arts and Crafts Movement and thinkers like John Ruskin and William Morris, Stickley sought to break free from Victorian architectural constraints. He envisioned spaces where living areas flowed into one another, promoting a distinctive American style while developing a new design vocabulary. His approach focused on simplifying architectural space and removing unnecessary ornamentation, aiming for a harmonious blend of utility, economy, and aesthetics. The Craftsman home ideal was an honest, beautiful structure, efficiently utilizing space and materials, built to last, and accessible to the average family. Stickley believed true beauty lay in the inherent lines and masses of a building.