Interior Design Housing Timeline

  • Half Timber
    1500

    Half Timber

    • External and internal walls are constructed of timber frames
    • structural members are filled with such materials as brick, plaster, or wattle and daub
  • Earth Shelter
    1500

    Earth Shelter

    • Built Underground
    • Natural light and lots of windows
  • Hogan
    1500

    Hogan

    • Made out of mud or other natural materials
    • 8 sided Hut
  • Garrison

    Garrison

    • Two Stories
    • Big Chimeny
  • Adobe

    Adobe

    • Flat roofs and thick walls with rooms enclosing a
    • central courtyard
  • German

    German

    • Half- timbered or fully timbered
    • a-frame roofs
  • Spanish-Stucco

    Spanish-Stucco

    • one or two story
    • minimal and uniform
  • Swedish-Log Cabin

    Swedish-Log Cabin

    • Round logs
    • wide spaces between log
  • Dutch Colonial

    Dutch Colonial

    • gambrel roof
    • dutch doors
  • Queen Anne

    Queen Anne

    • Gabble roof
    • wrap around porch
  • French-Provincial

    French-Provincial

    • steep roofs
    • usage of stone
  • Neoclassism

    Neoclassism

    • Grandeur of scale
    • simplicity of geometric forms
  • Georgian

    Georgian

    • Red Brick
    • Two Story Home
  • French-Country/man

    French-Country/man

    • steep roofs
    • natural materials
  • Cape Cod

    Cape Cod

    • multie plane window
    • retanglur shaped
  • saltbox

    saltbox

    • Frame houses with two stories in front and one in back
    • having a pitched roof with unequal sides
  • Early Classic Revival

    Early Classic Revival

    • red brick
    • rechtanglur windows
  • French- Normandy

    French- Normandy

    • Asymmertrical placements of multi-pane windows
    • wall domers with hip or shed roofs
  • Farmhouse

    Farmhouse

    -wooden beams
    - natural materials
  • Costal

    Costal

    -wood
    - there is an open area at the bottom of the house
  • Glided Age

    Glided Age

    • large size
    • arches
  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival

    • pointed arch for windows
    • decorative elements like porches
  • Victorian

    Victorian

    • decorative trim
    • high porches
  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival

    -covered entrance porch that might be small or run the entire length of a building’s front
    - columns or pilaster (square columns)
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South

    • hipped roof
    • wrap around porch
  • Southern Colonial

    Southern Colonial

    • central chimney
    • 2-3 stories
  • Craftsmen

    Craftsmen

    • natural materials like wood and stone
    • darker materials
  • Tudor

    Tudor

    • grouping windows
    • half timbering,steeply pitched gables roofs
  • Itailianate

    Itailianate

    • between 2-4 stories
    • big porch
  • Prairie Style

    Prairie Style

    • horizontal lines
    • flat roof
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow

    • Sloped Roof
    • One Story
  • Ranch

    Ranch

    • single story
    • attached garage
  • Split-Level

    Split-Level

    • connected to garage,
    • comfy looking
  • International Style

    International Style

    • flat roofs
    • smooth wales
  • Solar

    Solar

    • connected to garage,
    • solar pannels
  • Tiny house

    Tiny house

    • very small
    • natural light
  • Smart House

    Smart House

    • Uses a lot of technology
    • remote use for most things around the house