Housing styles

By eburkle
  • 1500

    Adobe

    Adobe
    -Thick walls
    -Flat walls
    -Cream or tan in color
  • Swedish Log Cabin

    Swedish Log Cabin
    -round logs
    -V notching
    -wide spaces
  • German

    German
    -Timber
    -just for structure
  • Spanish Stucco

    Spanish Stucco
    -terracotta roof
    -white textured exterior walls
    -heavy wooden doors
    balcony on 2nd story
  • Queen anne

    Queen anne
    decorative elements, steep roofs, gable roof, large, porches, bay windows
  • Cape Cod

    Cape Cod
    -Small rectangle
    -steep roof
    -chimney
    -symmetrical
  • French Country Manor

    French Country Manor
    -Hip roof
    -stone or brick
    -high-arched windows
  • earth sheltered

    earth sheltered
    ground level, preserve surrounding landscape, reduces energy consumption
  • Farmhouse

    Farmhouse
    wood, beams, cross trims, slding barn doors, rustic brick, big porches, gabled roofs
  • Costal house

    Costal house
    many stories, on stilts, near water, bright and airy, natural light, windows
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South
    -two stories
    -porches on both levels
    -always built out of wood
    -hip roof
  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival
    • Fanlight -Plaster exterior -gabled roof -smooth colunms
  • Gothic revival

    Gothic revival
    -point arches
    -steep pitched roof
    -porched with columns
    -spooky
  • Italiantate

    Italiantate
    -symmetry
    -pitched roofs
    -rounded arched windows
  • Southern colonial

    Southern colonial
    front columns, balanced windows, pitched roof two stories, chimneys, high pitched, big house
  • Victorian

    Victorian
    decorative trim, bay windows, 2-3 stories, high ceilings, shingles
  • tudor

    tudor
    pitched roof, brick, half-timber, dark, big
  • Craftsmen

    Craftsmen
    overhangs on roofs, natural colors. windows, stone brick, and accents of wood
  • English cottage

    English cottage
    -sharply pitched roofs
    - Brick or stone
    - Chimney
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow
    single story, sloping roof, open floor plan, simple design
  • Prairie

    Prairie
    strong geometry, key looking, two stories
  • Spilt level

    Spilt level
    large entry way, windows at ground level
  • Ski cabin

    Ski cabin
    fiberglass or vinyl windows, multiple story, stone walls, wood, rolled roof, high ceilings, balcony
  • solar

    solar
    house face south to get most sun, dark colored, overhang, built in shipping containers
  • tiny house

    tiny house
    on wheels, small features
  • smart house

    smart house
    accessed through phones, tablets, laptops, and game consoles, door locks, televisions, thermostats controlled by remote.