architectural styles - Nicholas Villhard

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Architectural Styles from 1700


Georgian

Revived in late 19th Cuentury as colonial revival. Stylish Characteristics that adhere to the time that is was popular. pilasters and windows are some of the key features as well as brick.


Federal

The federal style also known as the adam style was popular from 1780-1840. usually is plain surfaces with windows and a curveed or arched entrance. rhe bald eagle was commonly used with this design style.


Greek Revival

an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. It may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture.


Italianate

often had low pitched roofs,Glazed doors, some include a tower but not all and angled bay windows. has commons looks of an italian city with the characteristics such as the roofs and the beige and red colors.


Victorian

generally means any house built during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). During the Industrial Revolution, successive housing booms resulted in the building of many millions of Victorian houses which are now a defining feature of most British towns and cities. In addition to general architectural influences, this progressive change in style resulted from several other


Colonial Revival

a nationalistic design movement in the United States and Canada. Part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement embracing Georgian and Neoclassical styles, it seeks to revive elements of architectural style, garden design, and interior design of American colonial architecture.


Prairie

usually marked by its integration with the surrounding landscape, horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad eaves, windows assembled in horizontal bands, solid construction, craftsmanship, and restraint in the use of decoration.


Craftsman

an American domestic architectural, interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts style and lifestyle philosophy that began in the last years of the 19th century.


Ranch

one level houses meant to raise family in due to the accesability and possibilities to build on to. has its roots in North American Spanish colonial architecture of the 17th to 19th century.


Shed

Common stylistic features of shed style include overall asymmetrical with strong lines, one to two story height, and seamless roof and wall movement.


A-Frame

an architectural house style featuring steeply-angled sides that usually begin at or near the foundation line, and meet at the top in the shape of the letter A. An A-frame ceiling can be open to the top rafters.


Geodesic

shaped like a dome, not going to be found in subdivisions usually. used sometimes as astrological viewing stations because of the windows and 360 access unlike a house with normal walls.


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