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House Beautiful is an interior decorating magazine that focuses on decorating and the domestic arts. First published in 1896, [2] it is currently published by the Hearst Corporation, who began publishing it in 1934. It is the oldest still-published magazine in what is known as the "shelter magazine" genre. [3]
Ethel B. Power (1881–1969) [1] was an architect and the editor of House Beautiful magazine. Power championed a generation of women architects who emerged from the newly founded Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. [2] She also published a compilation of plans for small houses by notable architects of the day.
She edited The House Beautiful/AIA Climate Control Project, [5] and wrote several articles on climate control for the magazine. [6] She was married to Carl Norcross, "an authority on town planning." [7] The couple's 1941 residence in Dobbs Ferry, New York, was designed by architect Julius Gregory. [8]
They were joined by others such as Das Interieur (1900–1915) in Vienna, and House Beautiful (1896–1930) in Chicago. House Beautiful was a consumer driven magazine that aimed to fulfill the aspirations of the reader, rather than presenting an actually achievable or affordable home. These magazines circulated internationally and their impact ...
The Brick House Beautiful is a historic house located in northeast Portland, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1922–1923 to be a model house showcasing the product line of the Standard Brick & Tile Company, based in Portland. It was also a demonstration project for the brick hollow-wall method of construction, newly introduced in the ...
According to the AllMusic critic Steve Huey, the lyrics address "the drudgery of living life according to social expectations, and pursuing commonly accepted trophies (a large automobile, beautiful house, beautiful wife)". [10] Although the narrator has these, he questions whether they are real and how he acquired them, a kind of existential ...
House Beautiful, a palace that serves as a rest stop for pilgrims to the Celestial City. It apparently sits atop the Hill Difficulty. From the House Beautiful one can see forward to the Delectable Mountains. It represents the Christian congregation, and Bunyan takes its name from a gate of the Second Temple (Acts 3:2, 10).
Houghton House is a ruined mansion house in the parish of Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building, [1] positioned above the surrounding countryside, and commands excellent views. Built from 1615 to 1621, it is said that the house was the model for House Beautiful in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678). It was ...