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History of Architect styles in Housing

Presented by Dr. Vivian G. Baglien. History of Architect styles in Housing . Art Deco . Art Deco houses often have these features: two stories stucco walls, painted white or light pastels glass blocks Steel casement windows small round windows   curved corner walls   

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History of Architect styles in Housing

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  1. Presented by Dr. Vivian G. Baglien History of Architect styles in Housing

  2. Art Deco • Art Decohouses often have these features: • two stories • stuccowalls, painted white or light pastels • glass blocks • Steel casement windows • small round windows   • curved corner walls    • concrete basement walls

  3. Art Deco Interiors Deco ornamentation consists of low-relief geometrical designs, often with parallel straight lines, zigzags, chevrons, and stylized floral motives Modern Art Deco Traditional Art Deco

  4. Bungalows • Original design from India • Later became popular in California and style moved uncommonly eastward. • Popular in Midwest in from 1910 to 1930’s • Can now be found almost anywhere in US. • Many bungalows found in NE Seattle on 15th NE.

  5. Bungalow styles Seattle, WA. Auburn, WA

  6. California Ranch • Long rectangular-shaped, single-story or split-level houses • Common in the suburbs of the late 1950s and 1960s. • Have very low pitched or hipped roofs, • One- or two-car attached garages.

  7. Cape Cod • Popular after WWII. Called GI house. • 1.5 stories, small pitched roofs • Dormer windows in roof line • Wide wooden clapboard. • Later might be covered with aluminum siding. • Garages detached or attached.

  8. Cape Cod Styles

  9. Elizabethan, Half-Timbered, or Tudor Revival • 2-2.5 stories • steep gabled roofs • half-timbering and stucco • small leaded glass windows

  10. French Provincial • French windows or shutters • High, steep hipped or gable roof. • Balanced appearance windows • Second story window through the cornice • Can be expensive- Use copper, slate or brick

  11. French Provincial Examples

  12. Gothic Revival • High pointed arched windows, combined with towers and gabled roofs • Lacy bargeboard • Large verandas or porches • Bay and oriel windows.

  13. New England Style • 2 - 2.5 Stories with a gable • Symmetrical placement of windows and doors • Classical features: shuttered windows, columns, cornices. • Plain rectangular shape

  14. Neo-Eclectic Styles • Arrived on housing scene in 1980’s • High  roofs with complex angles and shapes (cost 50% more than low-pitched roofs) • Multi storiestwo or three garages; • Away from street for expensive houses • Dark earthy colors in paints and stains rustic look,

  15. Neo-Eclectic Styles Continued • Inside vaulted and high ceilings (9 feet) • Open floor plan: kitchen, dining, and family areas together • Arts & craftsexterior (brackets under the eaves, field stones, stucco) and interior (natural wood beams, paneling, rustic elements) • Log cabin style (exterior and interior) reflecting the rustic theme (cost 10-15 percent more) • 19th century features: high ceilings, porches, steep gables, especially over windows

  16. Neo-Eclectic Styles

  17. Prairie Houses • 2 stories • Broad hipped, or gabled roofs • Overhanging eaves • Casement Windows • Enclosed porches • Rectangular shape

  18. Queen Anne Houses • Steep gabled roofs decorated with half timbering or wooden relief decorations in the gable ends.   • Large corbelled chimneys • Many balconies • Vertical stained-glass windows • Huge porches numerous • Massive cut stone foundations

  19. Queen Anne Houses

  20. Spanish Colonial • 1-2 stories • Spanish clay tile roofs with low pitch • Plain white stucco wallsoften with arched openings • Wooden beams

  21. Extended Learning Possibility • Take a minimum of 8 pictures from area homes that depict the different styles found in this presentation. • Each picture must represent a different housing style or even combination of styles. • Note the city, style(s) and date of photo. • Write a descriptive paragraph about each noting the defining characteristics of that style of housing. • Bind in 3 hole binder with cover page or may do a power point. • Points possible 2 extended learning's or 50 points. • Extended learning forms are available on Dr. Baglien’s Web site under extended learning's- documents. • Extended learning's are due for extra credit points on June 8th.

  22. References Mouser, J. (2007) American architectural housing styles an internet hotlist on housing styles as retrieved May 11, 2011 from http://www.uwec.edu/geography/Ivogeler/w367/styles/index.htm#A Howe, J. (2000) A digital archive of American architecture as retrieved May 11, 2011 from http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/ Vogeler, I., (1997) Architectural styles as retrieved May 11, 2011 from http://www.uwec.edu/geography/Ivogeler/w367/styles/styles.htm

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