-
3000 BCE
Adobe
- Plaster/ mud walls -Straw
-
1400
German
-light exterior with dark wood
-symmetrical -
1400
English-Half Timber
-internal and exterior walls constructed with timber frames
-brick -
1500
English-Saltbox
-asymmetric of the roof
-low read roofline -
1550
Swedish-Log Cabin
-only one room
-10-12 feet long, wide 20ft -
Spanish Stucco
-Plaster walls
-Arched windows and shapes -
French- Normandy
-Brick and stone exterior
-arched door openings -
English-Cape Cod
-steep roof
-center chimney -
Georgian
-stone or brick walls
-side gabled or hipped roof -
Bungalow
-Overhanging eaves
-Front porch -
Southern Colonial
-gable roofs
-symmetrical -
Hogan
-bark roof
-timber walls -
TideWater South
-large wrap around porches
-broad hipped roof with no interruption -
Adams
-flat roof, porch with columns
-pediments -
Early Classic Revival
-made of brick, stone, and wood
-large front porch -
French-Manor
-steep roofs
-arch tops, -
Gothic Revival
-pointed roofs
-many slim chimneys -
Tudor
-Gable Roofs
-Groupings of windows -
International Style
-Weightless
-Glass -
Victorian
-small tower
-Decoritive trims -
Greek Revival
-large porches
-many windows covering all sides of the home -
Itailianate
-centered gable
-ornamented windows, porches, and doorways -
Prairie Style
-horizontal lines
-natural materials -
Dutch Colonial
-gambrel roof (curved eaves around the edge of the house)
-grand entrances -
French-Provincial
-delicate, dignified appearance
symmetrical
-windows are a dominant part of the design -
Ranch
-close to the ground profile
-wide and open layout -
English- Garrison
-2 stories, 2nd is larger than 1st
-stacked -
Split-Level
-floors are staggered (typically two shorts sets of stairs
-two shorts sets of stairs -
Earth Sheltered
- mostly or partly covered by land/grass
- solar powered
-
Solar
panels installed on roof, fans, and pumps
