Presented by Dr. Vivian G. Baglien

Art Deco

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Art Deco

houses often have these features:  two stories 

stucco

walls, painted white or light pastels  glass blocks  Steel casement windows  small round windows  curved corner walls  concrete basement walls

Art Deco Interiors

Deco ornamentation consists of low-relief geometrical designs, often with parallel straight lines, zigzags, chevrons, and stylized floral motives Traditional Art Deco Modern Art Deco

Bungalows

 Original design from India  Later became popular in California and style moved uncommonly eastward.

 Popular in Midwest in from 1910 to 1930’s  Can now be found almost anywhere in US.

 Many bungalows found in NE Seattle on 15 th NE.

Bungalow styles

California Ranch

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Long rectangular-shaped, single story or split-level houses

 Common in the suburbs of the late 1950s and 1960s.  Have very

low pitched or hipped roofs

,  One- or two-car attached garages.

Cape Cod

 Popular after WWII. Called GI house.

 1.5 stories, small pitched roofs  Dormer windows in roof line  Wide wooden clapboard.  Later might be covered with aluminum siding.

 Garages detached or attached.

Cape Cod Styles

Elizabethan, Half-Timbered, or Tudor Revival

 2-2.5 stories  steep gabled roofs  half-timbering and stucco  small leaded glass windows

French Provincial

 French windows or shutters 

High, steep hipped or gable roof.

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Balanced appearance windows

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Second story window through the cornice

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Can be expensive- Use copper, slate or brick

French Provincial Examples

Gothic Revival

 High pointed arched windows, combined with towers and gabled roofs  Lacy bargeboard  Large verandas or porches  Bay and oriel windows.

New England Style

 2 - 2.5 Stories with a gable 

Symmetrical

placement of windows and doors  Classical features: shuttered windows, columns, cornices.

 Plain rectangular shape

Neo-Eclectic Styles

 Arrived on housing scene in 1980’s 

High roofs with complex angles and shapes

(cost 50% more than low pitched roofs) 

Multi stories two or three garages

;  Away from street for expensive houses 

Dark earthy colors

in paints and stains

rustic look

,

Neo-Eclectic Styles Continued

     Inside

vaulted and high ceilings

(9 feet)

Open floor plan

: kitchen, dining, and family areas together

Arts & crafts

elements) exterior (brackets under the eaves, field stones, stucco) and interior (natural wood beams, paneling, rustic

Log cabin

reflecting the rustic theme (cost 10-15 percent more) style (exterior and interior)

19th century features

: high ceilings, porches, steep gables, especially over windows

Neo-Eclectic Styles

Prairie Houses

 2 stories  Broad

hipped

, or

gabled roofs

 Overhanging eaves 

Casement Windows

 Enclosed porches  Rectangular shape

Queen Anne Houses

 Steep gabled

roofs

decorated with half timbering or

wooden relief decorations

in the

gable ends

.  Large corbelled chimneys  Many balconies  Vertical

stained-glass windows

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Huge porches

numerous  Massive cut stone foundations

Queen Anne Houses

Spanish Colonial

 1-2 stories  Spanish clay tile roofs with low pitch  Plain white stucco walls often with arched openings  Wooden beams

Extended Learning Possibility

        Take a minimum of 8 pictures from area homes that depict the different styles found in this presentation.

Each picture must represent a different housing style or even combination of styles. Note the city, style(s) and date of photo. Write a descriptive paragraph about each noting the defining characteristics of that style of housing.

Bind in 3 hole binder with cover page or may do a power point. Points possible 2 extended learning's or 50 points. Extended learning forms are available on Dr. Baglien’s Web site under extended learning's- documents. Extended learning's are due for extra credit points on June 8 th .

References

Mouser, J. (2007)

American architectural housing styles an internet hotlist on housing styles as retrieved May 11, 2011 from

http://www.uwec.edu/geography/Ivogeler/w367/styles/index.htm#A Howe, J. (2000)

A digital archive of American architecture

as retrieved May 11, 2011 from http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/ Vogeler, I., (1997) Architectural styles as retrieved May 11, 2011 from http://www.uwec.edu/geography/Ivogeler/w367/styles/styles.htm