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800
No. 2 Adobe House
the adobe people relied on this to be durable and utilize natural resources in their area and protect them from the extreme temperature swings in their climate
Characteristics:
Thick round edges
Natural materials and colors
Small square windows
Flat and gently slopping roofs
Mud, dirt, stone, and logs
Dome-shaped -
1400
No. 9 Half Timber
Made because there wasn’t much stone and people went with wood and special designs associated with special skills
Characteristics:
Exposed wood frame
Stucco
Pointy roofs
Wood and Brick
Windows in front -
1500
No. 23 Tudor
the final development of Medieval architecture in England and Wales, during the Tudor period and even beyond,
Characteristics:
Steeply pitched roofs
Elegant masonry and stonework
Wood beams -
No. 4 Spanish Stucco
Often built in a simple square shape with few designs. While the look is simple, the Spanish-style stucco homes are very pleasing to the eye.
Characteristics:
Red tiled roof
Arched doors
Many windows
Low pitched roof -
No. 6 German Style
Half-timbered and fully-timbered houses are common all over Germany, and although these arose in the medieval era, the style was used in rural areas until the 20th century.
Characteristics:
Gable roofs
Stone walls
Wooden beams
Usually double doors
Two and a half stories usually
Smaller windows -
No. 16 French-Provincial
French Provincial homes were constructed by French aristocrats in the provinces or rural areas outside of Paris
Characteristics:
Symmetrical
Brick exterior
Steep roofs
Tall second-story windows -
No. 11 Dutch Colonial
Classic dutch colonials made it and made it popular and was a revival style of the house later in the next hundreds of years
Characteristics:
Barn roof/Gabriel
Fireplace
Natural look with materials and colors -
No. 8 Saltbox
Becoming popular in the 17th century, the saltbox house was a house in the US from settlers coming from New England
Characteristics: Flat front
Chimney
Two stories
Slopping roof but one side longer -
No. 5 Swedish-Log Cabin
a small log house, especially a less finished or simple structure. Log cabins have an ancient history in Europe, and in America are often associated with older settlers.
Characteristics:
The outside is made of logs
One or two stories
Also uses rocks for decoration and things like covering a chimney
Chimney -
No. 21 Southern Colonial
USA saw it in Greek culture and followed that and brought it to the USA and made it more of a victorian type house
Characteristics:
Symmetrical
Hipped roof
2-3 stories
Colomns out front -
No. 10 Cape Cod
a low, broad, single or double-story frame building with a moderately-steep-pitched gabled roof, a large central chimney, and very little ornamentation.
Characteristics:
Single story
Small
Low and broad with a pitched roof
Lately, some have two stories
Chimney -
No. 12 Georgian Style
in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830
Characteristics:
Brick and Stone
Symmetry
Window with decorative headers
Arched tops and pediments -
No. 13 Adams Style
A very basic house with not much to it
Characteristics:
Bricks
Usually two stories
Narrow and moldings
Simple square or rectangular shape -
No. 32 Farmhouse
Started in Scandinavia and Germany but have slowly come to the USA and places around
Characteristics:
On a farm
Hardwood floor
Lots of wood
Pillers
Shiplap -
No. 3 Tidewater South
a coastal house that is raised off the ground to prevent damage from water and other things like that
Characteristics:
Raised up from the ground
Porch Pillars
Big porches
Designed for wet and hot environments
Hip roofs -
No. 17 French-Country/Manor
Started in France but after WWI, many soldiers brought a similar style back to the USA and built their own french style
Characteristics:
Boxy
Many windows
More rich looking
Tall roofs
Multiple stories -
No. 18 Greek Revival
This began in the middle of the 18th century and predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but also in Greece
Characteristics:
Styled on Greek temples
Columns
Porches
Low pitched Gable roof
Symmetry -
No. 1 Hogan
traditional dwelling and ceremonial structure of the Navajo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico.
Characteristics:
Mud and dirt
Dome-shaped
Logs
Stone -
No. 33 Neoclassicism
Based off of old Greeks and Romans and was very common around there and Europe and the US did later adopt it making it more popular
Characteristics:
Big pillars and columns
Symmetry and balance
Domed roof
Geometric -
No. 22 Victorian
During the Industrial Revolution, successive housing booms resulted in the building of many millions of Victorian houses which are now a defining feature of most British towns and cities
Characteristics:
Roof towers
Pitched roofs
Weap around front porches
Cylindrical turrets -
No. 19 Gothic Revival
the renewed popularity of the Gothic style of architecture towards the middle of the 19th century.
Characteristics:
Picturesque
Steep roofs
Pointed windows and arches
Porches and bay windows
Bargeboards -
No. 20 Itailianate
Supposedly built first in 1802 but wasn’t popular till the 1840s to the 90s. It derived from Romanticism, the renaissance, Italian villas, and gardens
Characteristics:
Often built from brick or wood clapboard
Tall and can be 2-4 stories
Square roof with small slopping hipped roofs
One-story porches with posts -
No. 14 Early Classic Revival
reflected a desire to take architectural inspiration directly from the ancient buildings of Rome and Greece.
Characteristics:
Two stories
Symmetrical
Similar to classic temple
Sometimes there is a dome feature -
No. 24 Prairie Style
emerged in Chicago around 1900 from the work of a group of young architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright.
Characteristics:
Strong geometry and massing
Large chimneys
Brick or stucco exteriors
Open floor plans
Connected indoor and outdoor spaces -
No. 26 Bungalow
Originally made in India but then went over to Britain before the USA took it wand uses it typically in California
Characteristics:
Hip roof
One story
Many windows
Front porch
Symmetrical -
No. 31 Craftsmen
They came about in response to the Victorian architectural movement from the late 1830s to the early 1900s, which focused on extravagant architecture and ornate details.
Characteristics:
Low-pitched gable
Triangular roof
Heavy
Patterned panes -
No. 34 Gilded Age
lavish houses built between 1870 and the early 20th century by some of the richest people in the United States.
Characteristics:
Huge
Many chimneys -
No. 15 French Normandy
Built in France and has a hip roof, asymmetrical features
Characteristics:
Hip roof
Asymmetrical features
A round stone tower topped by a cone-shaped roof -
No. 25 International Style
The International Style or internationalism is a major architectural style that was developed in the 1920s and 1930s and was closely related to modernism and modernist architecture.
Characteristics:
Boxy
Straight edges
More modern
Many windows
Lots of greenery
Using many different materials and also neutral colors such as black, grey, tan, brown, and white -
No. 27 Ranch
It originated in the USA and is known for its long, usually one-story building with an open layout
Characteristics:
Single floor
L-shape
Large deck/patio and yard
Open concept
Large finished basement and garages -
No. 7 Garrison Style
Loosely based on 17th-century New England style and built in the England and European area
Characteristics:
Thick walls made of log
Timber frame
Not much to it -
No. 28 Split-Level Style
more staggered house with short flights of stairs to move around the smaller stories
Characteristics:
Short sets of stairs (2 or 3 of them)
Ground level endurance
Pretty basic besides that -
No. 29 Solar
a house in more recent years with solar panels to get more renewable energy
Characteristics:
Solar panels
Linear east-west plans
Large windows
Roof overhangs -
No. 30 Earth-Sheltered
Is an easy place to build a house and was used to make an easy house inside of the earth
Characteristics:
In the ground
Windows
Well insulated
Has tons of protection -
No. 35 Tiny house
Not too popular until the 70s where people really liked them and began making tons of them
Characteristics:
Small
On wheels
Lots of natural light
Creative
Sits on a temporary structure most of the time -
No. 36 Smart House
Due to the world becoming more tech related, a house like this is filled with a ton of them to stay up to date with tech but still provide a livable area
Characteristics:
Black and white
Modern
Security
Tech items are everywhere and integrated into everything