house timeline

  • earth sheltered
    15,000 BCE

    earth sheltered

    they are built on the ground level and they put the "earth" around their house
  • hogan
    1400

    hogan

    only one door, and one
  • adobe
    1400

    adobe

    flat/ sloping roof
    made with durable materials, with thick flat walls
  • french normandy
    1401

    french normandy

    hip roof, windows and doorways surrounded by wood
  • half timber
    1450

    half timber

    all over brown panels, lots of windows
  • tudor
    1485

    tudor

    large rectangular windows, combo of gothic and renaissance style
  • spanish stucco

    spanish stucco

    red tiled roof
    arched doors
  • dutch colonial

    dutch colonial

    the gamble room (barn roof), sloping roof and chimney
  • French-Provincial

    French-Provincial

    brick exterior, steep roof, porches, and decks
  • french country manor

    french country manor

    natural stone, A-frame
  • southern colonel

    southern colonel

    big porches, central doorway and evenly spaced windows
  • sweetish log cabin

    sweetish log cabin

    covered cabin windows, small and boxy
  • saltbox

    saltbox

    two stories in the front and one in the back, roof resembles a salt box
  • cape cod

    cape cod

    pitched roof, chimney and lots of windows
  • early classical revival

    early classical revival

    big thick pillars, fan light windows, symmetrical
  • georgian

    georgian

    made out of brick, symmetry, decorative window headers
  • farmhouse

    farmhouse

    really big house, lots of windows, and a big front door
  • neoclassicism

    neoclassicism

    Neoclassical architecture is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, Greek Roman detail, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls.
  • adams

    adams

    symple square/rectangular house, fanlight entryway
  • tidewater south

    tidewater south

    wrap around porch
    large windows
  • Italianate

    Italianate

    2-4 stories, longer and narrow
  • gothic revival

    gothic revival

    steel gable roof, pointed arches on doors and windows
  • greek revival

    greek revival

    asymmetrical shape, plan or highly decorative cornices
  • victorian

    victorian

    high pitched roof, very even, steep gable roof
  • bugalo

    bugalo

    1-2 stories, lots of windows, slopping roof
  • glided age

    glided age

    it is just a lavish house
  • prairie style

    prairie style

    stone geomity, open asymmetrical floor plan, interor wood banding
  • craftsmen

    craftsmen

    more darker colors, brown and bricks
  • garrison

    garrison

    symmetrical, two stories
  • international style

    international style

    open interior spaces, light or dark colors (one or the other), large glass windows
  • ranch

    ranch

    low to the ground, 1-2 stories, large windows and sliding glass windows
  • split level

    split level

    walk into the house and you can go upstairs to the living room, and other bedrooms, then you could go down the stairs and go into the basement.
  • solar

    solar

    large flat and sloped surfaced with glass solar tile or panels,
    could be any type of house just with solar panels
  • tiny house

    tiny house

    A common layout for a small house incorporates an open living space on the first floor, including a kitchen and bath, along with an upstairs sleeping area.
  • german

    german

    timber framing,
  • smart house

    smart house

    x10 can work anything in your house
    shaped kind of weird
    lots of windows/ edges