How to Read Houses

Will Jones is a journalist and author. For more than fifteen years, he has been writing for architecture and design magazines, such as A10 and Frame in the Netherlands, Canada's Elemente, Blueprint and RIBA Journal in the UK, and Australia's Green Magazine. He is the author of several books, including How to Read New York.

"Small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, How to Read Houses: A Crash Course in Domestic Architecture by Will Jones is an illustrated field guide to domestic architecture. This sixth entry in the How to Read series is a one-stop guide to understanding house styles. The book explains the aesthetics of house forms ranging from elaborately decorated Arts & Crafts architecture to the purity of modernist homes." -EditorAtLarge.com"Small enough to fit in a pocket, yet serious enough to provide real answers, this illustrated book is the ultimate field guide to domestic architecture." -Publishers Weekly"This compact little volume will illuminate the reader's experience when visiting new cities, touring landmark houses such as Jefferson's Monticello or Edith Wharton's The Mount, and lay the foundations for a revealing architectural exploration of local neighborhoods." -Dexinger.com