House Styles, Classifications for Searching and Posting

Mediterranean

Photo, ImageBy RH

low pitched roof, tiles of red clay, typical Mediterranean house has a rectangular shape with tall doors and windows

Mediterranean

Mediterranean

Mid-Century Modern

Miller House in Palm Springs,

By Ilpo's Sojourn CC BY 2.0,

Architects from Europe fleeing WWII and from Nazi Germany brought Mid-Century Modern architecture , Borrowed heavily from Bauhaus and American high-prairie style homes. This style features clean lines, floor to ceiling windows and materials such as wood, stone and brick.

Mid-Century Modern

Modular/Pre-Fabricated

Photo By Riverview Homes, Inc. - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

Advantages: as much as 50% Speed of construction, Indoor construction, consistency, Low waste, Flexibility, Quality, Disadvantages: Transporting modular sections

Modular/Pre-Fabricated

Normandy

David Cohen, If you like this art...

Arrived (1919-1920) in Normandy. often pretty large, 2-3 stories, materials: stone, brick, and some timber. Common Features: Round tower with a cone shaped roof

Normandy

Normandy

Other

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Other, If posting post your description in the note area. do not assume that a searcher(buyer) or a seller will classify the house as a architect would.

Other

Other

Post & Beam

By NordhornerII - Own work (Digital, daylight, autofocus), CC BY-SA 3.0,

term for building with heavy timbers, also see: Timber framing,, Post and lintel, Ständerhaus .

Post & Beam

Post & Beam

Prairie

Jeff dean at English Wikipedia. - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Attribution,

horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves,

Prairie

Raised Ranch, Rambler

Mcheath at English Commons by Sfan00_IMG using CommonsHelper., Public Domain,

Raised Ranch/Rambler (AKA Split-Level) usually have low roofs and protruding overhangs, perhaps large windows

Raised Ranch/Rambler

Raised Ranch/Rambler

Ranch/Rambler

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usually have low roofs and protruding overhangs, perhaps large windows

Ranch/Rambler

Reverse

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""Reverse architecture is a process of deducing the underlying architecture and design of a system by observing its behaviour."" Wikipedia

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Reverse

Salt Box

c. 1681 John Adams Birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts

,By Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0

Long roof, Short roof: typically two stories in the front and one in the rear. Orginally caused by adding an addition to the rear.

Salt Box

Side-by-Side

By Alfred Twu - Own work, CC0

Side-by-Side(modern ) duplex in Sausalito, California

A side by side AKA a semi-detached house

Side-by-Side

Spanish

Photo, ImageBy RH

Spanish colonial architecture are inspired many key design elements like stucco and terracotta roof tiles.

Spanish

Split Foyer

By Metallurgist - Own work, Public Domain

Has a small foyer which works as a landing between stairs that go up (to perhaps a living room, kitchen, and bedrooms) and a flight of stairs go down (a family room and, or a garage (storage area).

Split Foyer

Split Level

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a house featuring multiple floor levels that are staggered.( AKA: bi-level home or tri-level home)

Split Level

Straight Thru

Image by Sabine van Erp

Front door in alignment with rear door

Straight Thru