Architectual Styles from 1700 By: Justin
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Federal
American Federal architecture typically uses plain surfaces with small details like shudders and multi pane windows. The style rarely uses pilasters and was influenced by ancient Roman architecture. The bald eagle was a common symbol used in this style.
Greek Revival
Homes in the Greek Revival style were usually painted white to resemble the white marble of more expensive public buildings. The details were bold, but with simple moldings. Heavy cornices, gables with pediments were typical. The gable-fronted house, found throughout America, is one of the style’s enduring legacies
Italianate
The typical Italianate was a two-story building, but examples survive in many variations. Italianate town houses are identifiable by their wide projecting cornices with heavy brackets and their detailed windows, porches, and doorways. Most American ex-amples of Italianate mix details derived from both informal rural and renaissance models.
Victorian
The style has often been compared to a dollhouse. It came after the gothic style and style has some gothic design peices. Every victorian house is a little different and unique to it’s builder. It also has many moldings and cornices’ and is highly embelished
Colonial Revival
Colonial revival homes built in the first wave of construction, that is, between 1880 and 1945, tend to be more professional using better more durable material. The later colonial style used cheaper materials with plainer colors and a less bold look. The new colonial uses a lot of brick and is a simpler look in general.
Prairie
The style is a very natural style using a lot of rock and dark neutral colors. It uses mainly gable roofing and is meant to blend into nature. All around the house there are windows looking into the home and often includes rock and natural textures all around.
Craftsmen
The craftsman style of architecture is a very popular style of home today. You can find examples of these homes driving around the suburbs of many areas. The style often combines the use of hip and gable roofing to create a very simple and clean look. it is many times decorated with pillars in the front creating a sort of porch area. the style is also fond of windows.
Ranch
Ranch style homes are one story homes that are very simple and are meant to accommodate a family. A lot of the time the house will be lined with windows in the front and have a covered porch supported by pillars. The colors of these homes can vary greatly and they can be found in almost any suburban community.
Shed
Shed style homes often come in very odd shapes with many intriguing angles. The main draw to these homes are the protruding roofs that cover the home. These homes are often built in a very secluded natural setting in the mountains or similar regions.
A-Frame
The A-frame style home is exactly what you would imagine when you hear the name. It’s a house that is built inside an A-frame often covered in the front by windows. The house is not ideal for families because it would be very difficult to expand off of the house and attach another room.
Geodesic
The geodesic style is the strangest of all the styles. It’s a style that is half a dome sitting on the ground big enough to live/work in. The curve of the dome is usually covered in shingles with windows that are usually triangular. This style is used more for businesses than family because of it’s weird layout.