interior design Housing styles timeline

  • 3800 BCE

    Adobe

    Adobe
    soil,water and straw make up the house
    mud walls form the house and the light that reflects on the house
    transfers/provide heat
  • 1500

    English-Half Timber

    English-Half Timber
    external and internal walls are constructed of timber frames and the spaces between the structural members are filled with such materials as brick,plaster,or wattle and daub.
  • english-saltbox

    english-saltbox
    flat front
    central chimney are recognizable features
    asymmetry of the roof
    low rear roofline
  • Swedish-Log Cabin

    Swedish-Log Cabin
    used no nails
    only one room
    was only 10-12 feet wide to 20 feet long
    had a stone fireplace
  • Spanish-Stucco

     Spanish-Stucco
    asymmetrical
    brick or stone covered in stucco
    arched shaped doorways and windows
    enclosed patios
    courtyards
  • German

    German
    steeply pitched gable roofs
    stone brick log or fame
    two and half stories
  • French- Normandy

     French- Normandy
    tall,steeply-pitched hipped roofs,eaves that fare upward to the roof wall intersection
    aruched door opeaning
    mixed matericals used
    large chimeny
    had birck,stone,timbering
  • Victorian

     Victorian
    abunbance of decorative trim
    high porches
    steep cagle roof
    tall windoes
    high ceilings
    darck stairways
    long halls
    turret(small towers)
  • Adams

     Adams
    Boxlike shape
    Symmetrical
    At lest 2 storied
    Flat roof with balustrade
    Portico
    Pediment
  • Early Classic Revival

     Early Classic Revival
    made of brick,stone,& wood
    large front porch
    rectangular shape,four front columns
  • Hogan

    Hogan
    It can take many shapes (rounded, square, exc), bark roof, timber or stone walls.
  • English-Cape Cod

     English-Cape Cod
    Steep roof
    Center chimney
    Shingle
    Windows often go to the roofline
  • French-Provincial

     French-Provincial
    delicate,dignified appearance
    symmetrical
    windows are a dominant part of the design
    top of the windows break into eaves
  • French-Manor

     French-Manor
    balances symmetrical
    brick exterior
    steep roofs
    arch tops
    tall second story windows
    porches
  • Gothic Revival

     Gothic Revival
    very pointed roofs
    many slim chimneys
  • Tudor

    Tudor
    gable roofs
    grouping of windows
    decorative half-timbering
    stucco
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow
    low-pitched roof lines
    overhaning eaves
    front porch or veranda beneath
    small interiors
    single-story or has a sceond
    story built into a sloping roof
  • Greek Revival

     Greek Revival
    large porches and many windows covering all sides of the home
  • Georgian

     Georgian
    have simple exterior lines
    dignified appearances and symmetry
    windows with small panes of glass and either gable or hip roof
  • Italianate

     Italianate
    ornamented windows
    arched
    doorways
    2 story building
    hipped roof
    centered gable
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South
    large wrap around porch
    broad hipped roof with no interruption
  • Prairie Style

     Prairie Style
    horizontal lines
    lows roofs
    one or two story
    central chimney
  • International Style

     International Style
    weightless
    glass
    concrete
    rectangular
    flat roof
  • Dutch Colonial

    Dutch Colonial
    gambrel roof
    curved eaves along the edge of the house
    grand entrances
    sidelights
  • English- Garrison

    English- Garrison
    the second floor is larger than the first
    stacked
    many windows
    exterior chimney
  • Split-Level

    Split-Level
    levels are staggered
    two short set of stairs
    one running upward to a bedroom level
    one downward toward a basement area
  • Ranch

     Ranch
    long
    lost-to-the-ground profile
    wide and open layout
  • Solar

    Solar
    panels installed on the roof
    fans and pumps active solar:fans and pumps move heated air or liquid to storred area or whatever heat in needed.
  • Earth Sheltered

    Earth Sheltered
    some are designed to be partly underground
    otehr can be built into a hill or have soil compacted againedt the side of the building
    many are sola powered
    partially covered with soil
  • Southern Colonial

     Southern Colonial
    gable roofs
    symmetrical
    framed doorways
    shutters
    porches
    columns