Transcript History of Architect styles in Housing
Presented by Dr. Vivian G. Baglien
Art Deco
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
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.
Balanced appearance windows
Second story window through the cornice
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
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