House Styles

Housing Styles

• Features that make a building notable and identifiable
• Determined by forms, materials, construction details
• Dozens of styles and variations
• Evolve gradually over time
• Regional differences

Colonial Styles

• Two or three stories
• Five windows across front
• Decorative crown and pilasters around front door
• Chimney on sides of house

Georgian

Federal

French

Victorian Styles

• Lacy, ornamental woodwork (gingerbread)
• Turrets, columns, and prominent front porch
• Tall, narrow windows
• Asymmetrical arrangement

Queen Anne

Gothic

Romanesque

Revival Styles

• Revives elements of previous architectural eras
• Often based upon European or ancient buildings
• Some inspired by churches and government buildings

Tudor Revival

Greek Revival

Spanish Colonial

Pueblo Revival

Modern Styles

• Emphasis on horizontal and vertical lines
• Eliminates superfluous decorative details
• "Form follows function"

Minimalistic

Bauhaus

International

Neo ____________

• Neo means new
• Contemporary versions of previous styles
• May combine different styles
• "McMansions"

NeoColonial

NeoVictorian

NeoMediterranean

NeoEclectic

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