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1400
Hogan
Built out of logs and mud, windows that face the west with one door facing east -
1500
English half timbered
External and internal walls are constructed of timber frames and the spaces between the structural members are filled with such materials as brick, plaster, or wattle and daub. -
Adobe
Very thick walls made, sun dried bricks made of clay, sand, soil and straw -
French Manor
hip roofs, balanced-symmetrical proportions, brick exterior, steep roofs, tall second-story windows -
French Provincial
Most often have balanced and symmetrical proportions. Arched windows and doors. Brick exterior. -
Swedish Log Cabin
Gable roof, logs and cement running. Horizontal in stripes in the cabin, usually small windows and inside there’s usually a fireplace. -
English saltbox
two stories in the front and then the house roof slopes downward to have one story in the back. -
Southern Colonial
a large, two- or three- story frame house of symmetrical design. Two- story columns extend across the entire front, covered by roof extension. The roof is hip or gable. dormers, shutters and a small room on the roof of the house (lookout) is called belvedere. -
Spanish-Stucco
Designed to keep cool in hot climates. Flat or gently sloped red-tiled roofs. Asymmetrical exterior design. -
Georgian
Symmetrical design. CLassic proportions. Decorative elements. Side-gabled or hipped roof. -
Adams
Classical Roman decorative motifs, such as framed medallions, vases, urns and tripods, arabesque vine scrolls, sphinxes, griffins, and dancing nymphs, Flat grotesque panels, Pilasters, Painted ornaments, such as swags, and ribbons, Complex pastel colour schemes. -
Eglish Cape Cod
Steep roof, center chimney, windows, shingle sides, and unornamented look -
Tidewater South
large wrap around porches. Hipped roofs. designed for hot/wet climates. Raised foundations. raised in cases of flooding. -
Early Classic Revival
full height entry with pediment and columns. Elliptical widow over paneled from door. Symmetrical aligned windows and door. Side gabled or low pitched hipped roof. Large windows and doors. -
Gothic Revival
pointed arch used for windows and doors. Steeply pitched roofs. porches, dormers, or roof gables. -
Victorian
sash windows, built in the form of terraced housing or detached buildings, built out of brick and stonemost of time, slanted roofs -
Greek Revival
painted white to imitate marble
very intrigate pillars in the front of house -
italianate
two or more stories. hip roof. box with a centered gable. L or U plan. L plan with a tower, and a front able. wide projecting cornices with heavy brackets and their richly ornamented windows, porches and doorways -
bungalow
Bungalows often have the windows close to the roof. They have the living space on the first floors, and the bedrooms on the upper level. -
Tudor
Steeply pitched gable roofs. Playfully elaborate masonry chimneys. Embellished doorway -groupings of windows. Decorative half-timbering. Wood framework -
Split level
very innovative in its use of spacing. Reorganizes rooms according to use . main level with basic rooms such as kitchen and living rooms. stairs leading up to bedrooms and down to basement. -
Ranch
Long and low, consisting typically of one level (and then the basement). They offer attached garages, open floor plans and basic exterior. Allows for owners to customize the home. -
Earth sheltered
Energy efficent features
control of outside temps and activity, less outside maintenance, and soundproofing
blends home into the earth
types: bearmed and underground -
Prairie
two story houses with single story wings. horizontal lines, ribbon windows, big, vulky chimneys, sloping roofs, overhangs, and gardens -
Dutch Colonial
The door was the most unique part because it was divided in half horizontally. These houses have gambrel roofing. they alo have dormers, a central entrance, an off-center chimney, and window with small panes -
German
One story with one big room with some partial walls. White outer walls and pieces of black-brown wood running across geometrically with gable roofing. -
solar
Panels installed on the roof, fans and pumps Active Solar: fans and pumps move heated air or liquid to stored area or wherever heat is needed. -
English Garrison
2 stories, second story over hangs, small panes of glass or double hung doors -
French normandy
Hipped and Mansard roof. Arched Doorways. Half- timbering. Round towers. -
International
The most common characteristics of International Style buildings are rectilinear forms; light, taut plane surfaces that have been completely stripped of applied ornamentation and decoration; open interior spaces; and a visually weightless quality engendered by the use of cantilever construction. Glass and steel, in combination with usually less visible reinforced concrete
