Compare And Contrast Craftsman And Bungalow Style Home

The Pioneer Phase was on it’s peek between 1929 and 1933, this means that House and Street fell in the Pioneer Phase, but also had a glimpse of the beginning of the International Phase. The Pioneer Phase is also known as the Early Modernist Movement. In this movement Paul Greenhalgh identified 12 characteristics that designs would share in the Modern Movement, such as; decompartmentalisation, social morality, truth, total work of art, technology, function, progress, anti-historicism, abstraction, universality, transformation and

The bungalow design was influenced by a variety of social and economic trends that expanded the middle class and became a powerful means of transformation in American society. Arts and Crafts promoters associated the bungalow design with creative manual work, independence, and a way to return to manhood of common work practices. The bungalow

Frank Lloyd Wright once said, “Every great architecture is-necessarily-a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.” In other words, movements of architecture become movements because of individuals who fabricate their own new styles. Wright states this by saying every architecture reflects his/her time period with originality.Throughout history there have been many great architectures who have worked in many different styles of architecture, such as Gothic, Byzantine, Craftsmen, and Prairie. Many architectural styles such as Romanesque and Gothic went from being a style of architecture to defining a whole period in history. For example, the Craftsmen style of architecture, which originated from the Arts and Crafts movement, went on to define that time in history. Frank Lloyd Wright and the Greene brothers both have exquisite styles of architecture with many similarities and differences in which they pioneered themselves. Wright and the Greene brothers both share similar ideals of architecture in which can be found in their different styles today.

In A Home Is Not a House, Reyner Banham starts by arguing that the main function of the typic American house is to cover its mechanical structure. In fact, he states that the use of mechanical services in architectural practice varies constantly because mechanical services are considered to be new in the profession, as well as, a cultural threat to the architect’s position in the world. To show his argument, Banham states that American houses are basically large single spaces divided by partitions inside that give a relative importance to the use of internal mechanical services, causing a threat to the need of architectural design. Similarly, American cultural characteristics, like cleanliness and hygiene, also foster the use and need of mechanical

Custom homes feature the finest interior finishes such as nine-foot high ceilings, custom-built bookshelves, exquisite crown molding, and lush carpeting. A gourmet kitchen with granite countertops, custom ceramic backsplashes, self-cleaning glass top range, built-in microwave oven and refrigerator with glass shelves and icemaker add to the home’s décor. Bathroom features include granite vanities, garden

When talking about art in the colonies, architecture is one thing that seemed to advance in this time. Once architecture began to advance it changed the way people lived. They began to live in brick houses that had symmetrical placement of doors and windows. This style had also been used for churches, schools and other important public places. In this time architecture wasn’t the only form of art that had begun to become popular at this time,

In the 1920's Art Deco was a popular form of art. It also influenced architecture, fashion, and furniture. Art Deco used bold geometric shapes and strong colors. It used concrete, smooth stone, and terracotta as materials. Art Deco represented modernism and a bright future.

All three of these women worked during the time when crowded and stuffy Victorian interiors were popular. They all paved the way for interior decoration as a profession, each adding something to the profession. During their lifetimes, the task of interior decoration went from a job only an architect could do to an established profession, and styles such as Arts and Crafts, Prairie style, Art Nouveau, Beaux-Arts, Classical Revival styles, and Art Deco were emerging. For all three of these women, the architecture of the time influenced their work in different ways. Elsie de Wolfe started designing interiors around the time the Arts and Crafts style was becoming popular. The Arts and Crafts style was cleaner and more refined than the Victorian style, which is similar to the way Elsie de Wolfe designed her interiors. They both stripped away the Victorian elements of design, leaving cleaner and more refined interiors. Eleanor McMillen Brown took inspiration from some classical revival styles and the art deco style of the time when designing her interiors, but they were also still more refined than the Victorian style. Dorothy Draper was influenced mostly by the Art Deco style, as she designed commercial spaces that would reflect the art deco architecture of the time.

These homes consisted of a central space with a large hearth used for cooking and warmth, had many passageways connecting all the homes, and furniture including cabinets, dressers, and chairs made of stone (3). Each home had a specific feature that made them different from one another including different paintings, materials found such as jewelry and pottery, and some even had burials in them

Throughout history we can see that housing has followed certain trends. These trends are most heavily influenced by the technology available to the public at that time. As can be seen throughout history, living conditions in general have improved, as there are more access to resources and building technologies. Although the world we live in has changed greatly, the basic type of shelter needed for everyday life and the resources needed to construct them has changed very little. This is why we can see a lot of parallels between the ways people live throughout history. However, the biggest change is in the way we construct buildings and especially housing. History has taught us that as time goes by, technology increases, making it easier for us to build structures. For example the Egyptians relied solely on Adobe (sun dried mud bricks) and slave labor for construction. Then came the development of hydraulic lime mortar, the Treadwell cranes (which is a wooden, human powered hoisting and lowering device) as well as the start of domes and arches, as structural components in architecture. Followed by the Middle Ages, which saw a huge emphasis on the construction of massive public buildings such as Cathedrals, Churches, Fortifications

Occasionally a house would have wooden baseboards. Those are some of the differences for the

The American Georgian style ruled American design from about 1714 to 1830. The Georgian style was inspired by English and European styles of the time, relied on classical elements, and took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance. Georgian design was located mainly along the eastern seaboard, where “the old styles gradually gave way to the Georgian, and there came for the first time a large degree of uniformity to American architecture” (Wertenbaker, 1943, p. 66). Craftsmanship was a big part of early American life, and people liked to show off their quality homes, eventually displaying their stations by “maintaining codes of dress, speech, and behavior” (Architectural Style Guide). Georgian American design had many different influences while adapting to suit the settlers needs. There are several beautiful examples of this style still intact today.

We can notice clearly in this house how Sullivan’s teaching and Japanese prints influenced Wright’s design. In general for the Prairie houses, Frank Lloyd Wright used all of those influences to had a radically different idea of the function and appearance of residences. The use of horizontal lines is crucial in this design because they define how the volumes and other elements of the house are displayed, making it look longer and lower than other type of dwellings. Sullivan’s idea about the importance of a building’s interior can be seen in this house design because Wright actually took that and extended the interior outside the house. Moreover, Wright started experimenting with materials that allowed him to materialize his

     The Traditional Chinese houses have many differences in comparison with the North American houses. The building materials used in construction is the most distinct difference from North American’s. A typical Chinese farmhouse is built of sun-dried bricks or pounded earth, because wood is too expensive and scarce to use. On the other hand, many typical Northern American houses are built of wood. In addition to the variations of building materials used in constriction, the architectural planning of a traditional Chinese houses is also unique. A traditional Chinese house is built according to the “Court-yard System'; where by houses are built around a courtyard which is invisible to the outside. Windows are covered by a thin oiled paper which is also invisible in order to protect robbery and keep privacy. Nowadays, the traditional housing system seldom appears in Hong Kong because it is too expensive and may cost millions of dollars. Moreover, the housing in Hong Kong is usually apartments and skyscrapers which is different from the ancient China.

“Design is for living”. The adage fashioned a widespread shift in design during the 1940s and 1950s. It revolutionized the form by creating an electrifying visual language that signaled a new age and a fresh start- two of the powerhouses were Charles and Ray Eames. The Eameses were a husband and wife team whose unique synergy led to a whole new expression in furniture and architecture. The couple advocated the principles of Modernism through the adaptation of innova¬tion from wartime technology .Their design style can be branded as “California Modernism,” a term that is often used interchangeably with “Mid-Century Modernism.” This distinct style embodied an approach to design that opposed the “social conscience” of the Bauhaus in order to embrace looser, warmer design which was both more expressive of local character and in touch with the realities of commerce and salesmanship. With the west-coast coming-of-age, economy shift from making goods to producing information and the global expansion of American culture; their lives and work embodied some of America’s defining movements. They contributed to architecture, film, industrial and graphic design. They were known as pioneers of affordable mass production and residential constructions. The evolution from furniture designers to cultural ambassadors validated their bents and overlaps with country’s interest and projected how design can enhance the lives and practical needs of ordinary people and not just the elite.