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This project invites you to explore various architectural styles and create your own unique home design. Styles range from simple log cabins to ornate Victorian houses, allowing you to draw inspiration from history while crafting an original version. You'll be able to choose from influences such as Gothic Revival, Craftsman, or Modernistic, among others, and design in either one or two-point perspective using graphite. Submit your project by Friday, December 20th, showcasing your creativity in architecture.
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Architecture The process and product of planning, designing and constructing buildings and other physical structures.
Project * Styles of homes vary between a simple design to an ornate design. • You will decide what style of home you want to create from the following slides. You will NOT copy a design, but come up with your own alterations of the design. • * You may also choose a style that I did not discuss. • Design will be in either 1 or 2 point perspective. Medium: Graphite • Due Friday, December 20th.
Log Cabin Dates: up to 1850s. The earliest settler houses went up quickly, using the most abundant material around—wood—to protect against the harsh weather.
Gothic Revival Dates: 1840 to 1880The style mimics the shapes found on Medieval churches and houses, and is almost always found in rural areas.
Victorian Dates: ca. 1870 to 1910American homeowners added mass-produced decorative trim (called gingerbread) to their small, simple cottages to dress them up in the style of the day. Very popular in San Francisco.
Colonial Dates: 1880 to 1955This is one of the country's most enduring styles. Architecture based on Greek and Roman designs. Note the Doric columns.
Spanish Dates: 1915 to 1940An incredibly popular style that filled out the suburbs in the years after World War I. Red tile roof.
Craftsman Dates: 1905 to 1930Also known as Bungalow. Most popular in Pasadena, CA. From the Arts & Craft Movement. The Gamble House by Greene and Greene 1908
Modernistic Dates: 1920 to 1940Inspired by commercial buildings of the time (like New York City's Chrysler Building). Exterior and interior is primarily white or gray.
Ranch Dates: 1930s to 1960sThe Ranch was one of the dominant house forms of the second half of the 20th century. Most common in California; California Ranch Home
Frank Lloyd Wright • American architect (Died in 1959). • Designed over 1000 structures (mostly homes) • “Organic Architecture” structure and environment to be in harmony. • Most famous work: Fallingwater (1935)
Frank Gehry • Canadian-American architect. Age: 83 • His buildings have become tourist attractions. (Many are museums.) Buildings are free-forming shapes. • Most famous work: Walt Disney Concert Hall (completed in 2003) in downtown L.A.
Julia Morgan • American architect and the first woman architect licensed in California. (Died in 1957) • Designed over 700 buildings in California. • Best known for her work on Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA.
