Design for a House for a Cosmopolite, by Antoine-Laurent-Thomas Vaudoyer, 1783. Private Collection / Archives Charmet / Bridgeman Images.

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Volume X, Number 1 | winter 2017

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Castles in Air

Lewis H. Lapham

The Oasis of Palmyra

Paul Veyne

My Childhood Home

John Waters

Brontosaurs Whistling in the Dark

Renata Adler

Map

Home Loans

Miscellany

A saucy godson.

Not inattentive listeners.

A dwelling for the gods.

Charlie the maid.

Wherever they happened to stumble.

A great exertion.

It’s not our problem.

Assembly required.

Good craftsmanship for dullness.

Repairable at grievous expense.

A place to pout in.

The most unique neighborhood in Greece.

A special bed.

Good advice.

The better man.

Lion-claw carpet.

Moving day.

Loathsome details.

Communal vs. solitary monasticism.

Out of proportion.

Voices In Time

All in the Family

1813 | Longbourn

Acquired Taste

1840 | Philadelphia

Industrial Evolution

1923 | Paris

Huddled Masses

1890 | New York City

Community Organizing

1922 | Zenith

Public Housing

1800 | Washington, DC

Sanitary Confinement

1931 | Baghdad

Bedroom Community

c. 700 | Medina

The Simple Life

2016 | United States

Family Values

1881 | Norway

Too Close to Comfort

1821 | Yorkshire

Starter Home

1659 | Island of Despair

Color Scheme

1970 | St. Louis

Not to Dwell

1714 | London

Home Economics

1841 | Cincinnati

Wives’ Tale

c. 1750 BC | Babylon

This Land Is Their Land

133 BC | Rome

Extreme Makeover

1903 | Forbidden City

No Place Like Home

1910 | London

Promised Land

1853 | Nooksack, WA

Charts and Graphs

House Museums

The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

Housing Now!

House Music

The Wharton School

Private Access

Still Standing

Bad Houseguests

Facade-Off

Villa Tour

Estate Taxes

Contributors

Conversations

Herbert Asbury & Greg Gopman

Theano & Harriet Jacobs

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