International Style (Architecture)
During the 1920s and 1930s, there was a worldwide movement towards modern concepts, ideas and styles. (…)
Garrison – House Style Modeled After Lookouts
The garrison style of house-building can be traced back to England. It is fashioned mostly after the lookout structures of early forts. (…)
Federal Architecture
Federal architectural style is a modified Georgian style with Ancient Greek and Roman influence
During the period from 1780 to 1830, the architecture in the United States witnessed a propensity towards that of ancient Rome and Greece. (…)
House Types
Residential buildings can be divided into houses and apartments. However, each genre can be subdivided, as the list below shows. Not all the terms, though, are commonly used in the English language. (…)
Dingbat - Mid-20th Century Mass Housing Solution to the Burgeoning American Middle-Class
A dingbat (also called a stucco box or a shoe box) is a style of housing that is more utilitarian and serviceable than decorative. (…)
Ranch Bungalow
Ranch bungalow is a bungalow built on a plan so as to increase the privacy accorded to the bedrooms in the house. (…)
Colonial Revival Style - The American Nationalistic Movement in Architecture
The Colonial Revival architectural style is the building style in which designs prevalent in the Colonial period – more specifically, from around the Revolutionary War – were reused much later. (…)
Châteauesque – 16th Century French Design in 19th Century USA
The Châteauesque style of architecture was brought into general use in the United States by Richard Morris Hunt during the 1880s and remained in vogue till the early 1900s. (…)
Cape Cod Houses
A combination of English colonialism and New England’s famous stormy weather helped shaped the dimensions of the Cape Cod style of house in the 17th Century. (…)
American Craftsman
The pioneering architectural styles that brought American designers to the fore enjoyed its heyday during the 19th Century and early 20th Century before being swamped by modernist movements. (…)
A-frame Homes
A-frame houses are popular among builders because they are relatively simple to put together. (…)
Influence of Greek Revival Architecture
The San Francisco Mint created in 1874, was an example of the architectural changes that arose during the mid-19th century. (…)
Polychromy in Greek Revival Architecture
The revival’s development was greatly influenced by the discovery of painted Greek temples. (…)
Growth of Greek Revival Throughout the United States
Thomas Jefferson studied “The Antiquities of Athens” and introduced Greek Revival architecture to the United States. (…)
Greek Revival Emergence in Germany and France
The Greek Revival influence in Germany was primarily witnessed in Berlin and Munich. (…)