Has long been regarded as a seminal work and is frequently quoted, if rarely read. Hermann Muthesius was a cultural attache to the German embassy in London during a time of great change in the arts and crafts, particularly in architecture. An architect & friend of Mackintosh & Lethaby, Muthesius documented the social & historical development of the English house during the years 1860 - 1900; the period of Norman shaw, Philip Webb, Voysey and Lutyens and of Mackintosh and Morris. For the first time, the entirety of this work is available in this 3 volume English facsimile edition, edited & introduced by Dennis Sharp.