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Types of House Styles

American ​Colonial​
American ​Colonial​

American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States, including First Period English (late-medieval), French Colonial, Spanish Colonial, Dutch Colonial, and Georgian.

Art Deco​
Art Deco​

The style was partially inspired by artifacts discovered in 1922 in King Tut's tomb, and many art deco buildings include the repeating designs and vivid color common in Egyptian artwork. Though it draws heavily from antiquity, art deco was considered ultramodern at the height of its popularity, with some of the first deco designs coming from the edgy Bauhaus School in Germany.

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Arts and ​Crafts Movement​
Arts and ​Crafts Movement​

Originally, the term "Craftsman" meant a home built from a plan in Stickley's magazine, but it has come to mean homes built in the Arts and Crafts style. The bungalow was closely associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement.

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Cape Cod​
Cape Cod​

Cape Cod–style house c. 1920 A Cape Cod house is a low, broad, single-story frame building with a moderately steep pitched gabled roof, a large central chimney, and very little ornamentation. Originating in New England in the 17th century, the simple symmetric design was constructed of local materials to withstand the stormy, stark weather of Cape Cod.

Dutch ​Colonial Revival Architecture​
Dutch ​Colonial Revival Architecture​

Dutch Colonial is a style of domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house. Modern versions built in the early 20th century are more accurately referred to as "Dutch Colonial Revival", a subtype of the Colonial Revival style.

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Georgian ​Architecture​
Georgian ​Architecture​

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.

Greek Revival ​Architecture​
Greek Revival ​Architecture​

The style became popular during the late 19th century and borrows elements from Queen Anne and Colonial Revival architecture. Porches and balconies lend a summery look to an East Quogue, New York, house devised by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and decorated by design firm S. R. Gambrel.

Italianate ​Architecture​
Italianate ​Architecture​

Italianate Style (1840-1885) Overview Often included in the so-called Picturesque Movement, the Italianate style began in England as a reaction to the rigid formalism that had come to dominate nineteenth-century architecture.

Mediterranean ​Revival Architecture​
Mediterranean ​Revival Architecture​

Mediterranean Revival is a design style introduced in the United States in the waning nineteenth century variously incorporating references from Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts, Italian Renaissance, Arabic Andalusian architecture, and Venetian Gothic architecture.

Mid-Century ​Modern​
Mid-Century ​Modern​

Midcentury Modern Design Styles If houses reflect the times they were designed, midcentury modern is the architecture of ideas, created by those who believed the forward-looking style could be a vehicle for social change to create a better society.

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Neoclassical ​Architecture​
Neoclassical ​Architecture​

Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century. In its purest form, it is a style principally derived from the architecture of classical antiquity, the Vitruvian principles, and the work of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio.

Pueblo ​Revival Architecture​
Pueblo ​Revival Architecture​

The Pueblo Revival style is a regional architectural style of the Southwestern United States, which draws its inspiration from the Pueblos and the Spanish missions in New Mexico. The style developed at the turn of the 20th century and reached its greatest popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, though it is still commonly used for new buildings.

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Ranch-Style ​House​
Ranch-Style ​House​

The ranch-style house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and wide open layout. The house style fused modernist ideas and styles with notions of the American Western period of wide open spaces to create a very informal and casual living style.

Tudor ​Architecture​
Tudor ​Architecture​

The Tudor architectural style is the final development of Medieval architecture in England, during the Tudor period (1485–1603) and even beyond, and also the tentative introduction of Renaissance architecture to England.

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Victorian ​Architecture​
Victorian ​Architecture​

The Victorian House Style Sourcebook is perfect for trips to the architectural salvage yard or DIY store to identify authentic styles and colors, or simply to dip into to enjoy the best of Victorian design.

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