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geotech
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 Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:16 pm Post subject: Need help "classifying" a residential style |
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I've been trying to describe a certain type of home style to my wife and haven't had any luck looking online for examples. Thought someone here might be able to help me out.
What I have in mind is a single-story rambler with many craftsman features but not a bungalow. I've seen them mostly in CA. They are typically a low-slung home without too much angle on the roof. Usually a shingle roof. Exposed eaves. Bat-and-board siding. Bay windows, often with a diamond-pane pattern. Often have decorative shutters around windows.
Sound familiar to anyone? Maybe not it's own style, but I'm looking for pictures I could show my wife if anyone has something that would fit. |
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mx2
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I'm not sure why you ruled out bungalow, since the craftsman houses are a type of bungalow and throughout the country and over time, many styles have evoled from the bungalow.
These may help:
| Quote: | | http://architecture.about.com/od/housestyles/ig/Bungalow-Pictures/index.htm |
| Quote: | A Bungalow is an early 20th century home with these features:
One and a half stories
Most of the living spaces on the ground floor
Low-pitched roof and horizontal shape
Living room at the center
Connecting rooms without hallways
Efficient floor plan
Built-in cabinets, shelves, and seats
Bungalow houses may relect many different architectural styles. In their book American Bungalow Style, authors Robert Winter and Alexander Vertikoff identify dozens of variations on the Bungalow form:
Craftsman Bungalow
California Bungalow
Spanish Colonial Bungalow
Chicago Bungalow
Queen Anne Bungalow
Prairie Bungalow
Mission Bungalow
Foursquare Bungalow
Pueblo Bungalow
Colonial Bungalow
Cape Cod Bungalow
Tudor Bungalow
Log Cabin Bungalow
Art Moderne Bungalow
About Bungalow Houses
The Bungalow is an all American housing type, but it has its roots in India. In the province of Bengal, single-family homes were called bangla or bangala. British colonists adapted these one-story thatch-roofed huts to use as summer homes. The space-efficient floor plan of bungalow houses may have also been inspired by army tents and rural English cottages. The idea was to cluster the kitchen, dining area, bedrooms, and bathroom around a central living area.
The first American house to be called a bungalow was designed in 1879 by William Gibbons Preston. Built at Monument Beach on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the two-story house had the informal air of resort architecture. However, this house was much larger and more elaborate than the homes we think of when we use the term Bungalow.
Two California architects, Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene, are often credited with inspiring America to build Bungalows. Their most famous project was the huge Craftsman style Gamble house (1909) in Pasadena, California. However, the Green brothers also published more modest Bungalow plans in many magazines and pattern books.
copied from:
http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/ig/House-Styles/Bungalow-Styles.htm
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Good luck,
mx2.5
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birgco
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:48 am Post subject: |
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This could be off the mark a bit, but may be worth a look.
The board and batten siding, exposed eaves and diamond paned windows are reminiscent of A.J. Downing's cottage designs. If you pick up a copy of The Architecture of Country Houses (Dover, orig published in 1850) Design III may the core architecture of the home you're looking for (with additions later on as the original cottage footprint was modest). The design would be earlier than bungalow but could also be an adaptation of Downing into the later part of the 19th century.
Otherwise, mx is probably correct. |
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geotech
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your response. I ruled out the bungalow style since, as the text and photos you referenced indicate, the bungalow style is most often associated with 1 1/2-story structures and often with large porch overhangs. The design I have in mind is truely a single-story rambler with no prominent porch.
| mx2 wrote: | I'm not sure why you ruled out bungalow, since the craftsman houses are a type of bungalow and throughout the country and over time, many styles have evoled from the bungalow.
These may help:
| Quote: | | http://architecture.about.com/od/housestyles/ig/Bungalow-Pictures/index.htm |
| Quote: | A Bungalow is an early 20th century home with these features:
One and a half stories
Most of the living spaces on the ground floor
Low-pitched roof and horizontal shape
Living room at the center
Connecting rooms without hallways
Efficient floor plan
Built-in cabinets, shelves, and seats
Bungalow houses may relect many different architectural styles. In their book American Bungalow Style, authors Robert Winter and Alexander Vertikoff identify dozens of variations on the Bungalow form:
Craftsman Bungalow
California Bungalow
Spanish Colonial Bungalow
Chicago Bungalow
Queen Anne Bungalow
Prairie Bungalow
Mission Bungalow
Foursquare Bungalow
Pueblo Bungalow
Colonial Bungalow
Cape Cod Bungalow
Tudor Bungalow
Log Cabin Bungalow
Art Moderne Bungalow
About Bungalow Houses
The Bungalow is an all American housing type, but it has its roots in India. In the province of Bengal, single-family homes were called bangla or bangala. British colonists adapted these one-story thatch-roofed huts to use as summer homes. The space-efficient floor plan of bungalow houses may have also been inspired by army tents and rural English cottages. The idea was to cluster the kitchen, dining area, bedrooms, and bathroom around a central living area.
The first American house to be called a bungalow was designed in 1879 by William Gibbons Preston. Built at Monument Beach on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the two-story house had the informal air of resort architecture. However, this house was much larger and more elaborate than the homes we think of when we use the term Bungalow.
Two California architects, Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene, are often credited with inspiring America to build Bungalows. Their most famous project was the huge Craftsman style Gamble house (1909) in Pasadena, California. However, the Green brothers also published more modest Bungalow plans in many magazines and pattern books.
copied from:
http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/ig/House-Styles/Bungalow-Styles.htm
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mx2.5 |
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geotech
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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What a great reference. Thanks for posting that. I didn't find what I was looking for, but the book looks like it will make very interesting reading. I found an online version here:
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&idno=ADQ1020.0001.001&view=toc
| birgco wrote: | This could be off the mark a bit, but may be worth a look.
The board and batten siding, exposed eaves and diamond paned windows are reminiscent of A.J. Downing's cottage designs. If you pick up a copy of The Architecture of Country Houses (Dover, orig published in 1850) Design III may the core architecture of the home you're looking for (with additions later on as the original cottage footprint was modest). The design would be earlier than bungalow but could also be an adaptation of Downing into the later part of the 19th century.
Otherwise, mx is probably correct. |
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mx2
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Let's just say, in my humble opinion, I am 99% certain that is a Craftsman Bungalow. I wish you luck.
mx2.5
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