The Shingle Style and the Stick Style

As the definitive study of the complex inspirations and cultural influences that were fused in the Shingle Style of wooden suburban and resort buildings of the period 1872 to 1889, Mr. Scullys book has received much critical acclaim. He presents the published designs and the written statements of the architects, as well as contemporary criticisms of the buildings to analyze the development of the Shingle Style from Richardsons early work to Wrights first house in Oak Park. An analysis of the Colonial Revival is central to the work, which is now enhanced by the addition of an extensive related chapter on the Stick Style of the mid-century. A new preface has been added and the bibliography and footnotes are brought up to date. The last section of the book, on the origins and early development of Frank Lloyd Wright, is one of Scullys best. This chaptershows a mature understanding and a just handling of the academic tradition and of the early work of one of Americas greatest architects.The Art Bulletin Scullys research is exhaustive, his scholarship impeccable. His illustrations alone form a gold mine of information on the period.Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians