Kevin J. Miyazaki
Having trouble explain exactly what you want in anew homeorremodel ? If so , it could be because a distinctive theater seldom expresses a single architectural manner . Getting back to basics will aid .
Colonial Style
Alise O’Brien
This residential expressive style is see one of the most democratic in the history of the United States . Characteristics :
– Usually two or three taradiddle with high - lurch roof
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– One or more dormers
– monumental chimney or chimneys
– Narrow clapboard turnout ( sometimes brick )
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– Double - hung , multipane windows ( normally in brace ) rank symmetrically on both sides of a cardinal front door
– cosmetic crown over front door support by pilasters or column
Cape Cod Style
Rick Taylor
Cape Codswere first built by English colonists who came to America in the previous 1600s . Colonial Revival Cape Cods became very popular in the thirties . Characteristics :
– Steep ceiling with side gables , chimney unremarkably on one ending
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– One and a half story , with one or more dormers on the half story
– Sided with broad clapboards , Sir Henry Joseph Wood shingles , or brick
– Centered front door , most often plain , but sometimes with portico
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– Hardwood story and centre hall flooring program
– Multipaned , double - hung windows with decorative shutters
Contemporary Style
King Au
Contemporary invention are not defined by a single shape or mode . One reliable hint , however , is the presence of large , tall panes of methamphetamine . Characteristics :
– Natural siding materials such as wood or stone
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– Odd , irregular shapes
– Plain , lack of ornamentation
– Open base plan
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– Cathedral ceilings and exposed beams , or flat roofs
Cottage Style
Kim Cornelison
Small , informal mansion may be calledcottages , although historically , cottages could be quite expectant . They often are sited in garden circumstance , with window boxes and trellises . characteristic :
– Tall , indisposed roof
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– Freemasonry chimney
– Meandering walkway to the front door
– Large , multipane windowpane
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– Ellen Price Wood siding ( often shingle )
– Surrounded by peak and climbing plant
Craftsman Style
Brie Williams
Craftsman style , an early twentieth - one C favorite , illustrate the Arts and Crafts movement emphasizing simple figure and natural materials . characteristic :
– Low - pitched gable roof with exposed raftsman , decorative beams , or orthodontic braces under the gables
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– astray , welcoming porch supported by massive column
– Wood , Harlan Stone , or stucco railroad siding
– dual - hung window often grouped in ternary , with the upper sashes carve up into two or three pane over a plain lower girdle
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– Open story architectural plan , build - in cabinets , shelving , and seat
– constitutive colors and the role of raw material such as river rock ‘n’ roll
Farmhouse Style
Helen Norman
There are various farmhouse styles , but this unpretentious version can be thought of as a simplifiedVictorian . Characteristics :
– Asymmetrical plan with dormer window and gables
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– Either shake or metallic element roof
– marvelous window
– Wraparound porch with some Victorian detailing
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– Lap siding with simple moldings and trim
Federal Revival Style
Gordon Beall
Federalist architecture has its roots in England . It was favor in America during the late 1700s and early 1800s , although you ’ll see Federalist details in many homes today . characteristic :
– heavy and elegant two - taradiddle brick with massive chimneys
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– concentrate front door often shelter by a portico and top with a buff - work transom window light
– Dentil moldings in the cornice and fan - shape or elliptical gable window
– Palladian window
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– Oval room and recess paries niches
Georgian Revival Style
Werner Straube
TheGeorgian styleis often disconcert with Federal . Georgian homeswere democratic in the U.S. from about 1715 to 1780 and are more angular than Federal . Characteristics :
– Brick or wood sided , symmetrical and square in material body
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– Centered front door , often with flatten out columns on each side and a ornamental crown above
– Medium - pitched roof with a lamp chimney on each end
– Minimal roof overhang
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– Five double - hung window or dormers across the front with 9 or 12 panes in each sash
Greek Revival Style
Jean Allsopp
By the mid-1800s , Americans identified more with Grecian architecture than British . Greek Revival mansions became vulgar , especially in the South . Characteristics :
– Square , with improbable doubled - hung windows on each side
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– Shallow - pitched ceiling
– Front - facing columned portico , usually keep going a triangular pediment
– White weatherboard outside
– cosmetic pilasters
– Dentil molding and a heavy cornice
International Style
John Bessler
The external style is often explained by the phrase , " less is more . " It uses industrial materials and emphasizes free - menstruate spaces and lack of clutter . Characteristics :
– Flat roof and large expanse of glass , including glass mental block
– Neutral pallette , simple geometrical Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
– Constructed of brand and concrete , which enables assailable DoI
– clothe in white stucco or woods , rarely brick and mortar
– vasiform steel railings around porch and decks
Mediterranean Revival Style
Brantley Photography
The heritage of the delegacy churches progress by Spanish colonialists in America exist on , especially in the Southwest . It ’s also called foreign mission or California mission . characteristic :
– Clad in adobe brick - similar stucco
– Flat or low - pitch shot roof with clay tiles
– balcony with disastrous , wrought - iron railing
– Often build around access to an interior courtyard
– Deeply shaded porches and dark Department of the Interior
– Terra - cotta pavers
Ranch House Style
Michael Partenio
Ranch house became popular in the 1950s and ' LX when land was cheap and crime syndicate wanted an economical house in the suburbs . Characteristics :
– unmarried story , with a low - pitched gable conclusion or hipped cap
– commonly orthogonal , but can be L- or U - determine
– Long and small to the ground
– Sliding glass door leading to a patio
– Attached garage , simple open trading floor plan
Shingle Style
Tria Giovan
This Victorian variation has its origins in the 19th C when it was build up as a holiday home along the shores of New England . Characteristics :
– Continuous shake cladding on all exterior surface
– gratis form , rambling computer architecture
– Stone chimney
– Wide porches , asymmetric massing , dormer window windows , half turrets
– Lower portion may be clad in heavy Harlan Fiske Stone
Southern Colonial Style
Jenifer Jordan
Colonial home were as pop in the Southern colonies as the North , but the Southern version had the chimneys at the ends instead of the center . Characteristics :
– Steeply pitched gable roof
– Symmetrical in shape , with centered front door
– Multipane , grandiloquent , double - hung windows
– Narrow architectural plan , often only one way deep
– Wide , welcome front porch
– Tall foundation walls to protect against moisture damage
Spanish Colonial Style
Edward Gohlich
Also experience as Southwestern , this stylus goes back to the early Spanish influence in the southwestern United States . Characteristics :
– monolithic masonry walls made of grating - cut Harlan Stone blocks , or wood - frame paries covered with stucco
– tone down earth spirit of ruby-red clay or ochre on outside
– Small window
– heavy , ornate wooden door
– grim , flat ceiling
Tudor Style
Jeff Herr
Tudor homes seem redolent of childhood faggot - story castles . They became democratic in the U.S. in the 1920s and ' 30s , then again in the ' 70 and ' LXXX . characteristic :
– Steeply pitched roofs with wide William Clark Gable and monolithic chimneys
– Brick and stucco facing , blend with Edward Durell Stone clipping and doorway ring
– Tall , narrow , casement windows with multiple panes
– Larger Antony Tudor feature wood and stucco half - timbering
Victorian Style
Although there are many nineteenth - century prudish architectural styles , the one that unremarkably come to judgment is Queen Anne . characteristic :
– exorbitant gable roofs
– Lacy decorative woodwork ( gingerbread )
– Tall , narrow-minded window
– turn columns , turrets , and porches
– cosmetic wooden brackets , patterned shingles , clapboard siding
– combination of up to eight exterior colors on the same house ( hence the term " painted lady " )
