House styles

Home Sweet Home Everyone dreams about buying his or her dream house; I lost my dream house, twice. When my girlfriend Izzy and I began house searching, it was a whirlwind of excitement. This was our first hunt in the real estate market, and we were ready to close in on the perfect first house. Suddenly we were staying up into the late hours of the night, cuddled in bed, endlessly searching for houses on Zillow. Throw pillows, dishes and pictures began to jump off the shelves at us in every store

The three cultural groups/architecture styles I chose to compare are the Belgians, Midwestern Germans, and New England Tradition styles. Each of these groups used similar building materials and styles when constructing their homes and other buildings, yet they are very distinct from one another. The Belgians used large logs to create a sturdy structure and then covered the logs with brick. They began to do this after a serious forest fire, adding the brick to act as a fire retardant and possibly

appreciation, this week I would like to feature some of the Spanish Revival kit houses. Spanish Revival architecture was most popular between 1915 and 1931. The Spanish craze swept the country and you can find examples of these residences in every state. A 1928 advertisement from the California Stucco Company characterized this building trend: "Over the whole country Spanish architecture has cast its spell." The kit house companies joined the fray and added a few models with Spanish flavor. Spanish

The Architecture that is put into houses in the United States is a huge factor when considering what kind of house you want to live in. Another factor that you want to consider when you are buying a house is what you want to fill the space around you with. Do you want to have a small compacted house like a tutor home but if you want a large spaceish area you would want to look at a house like a Ranch style house or a Victorian house and right now you are probably thinking that you have no idea what

under the roof of their house. One day I want to have a home that makes me feel well and where I can be safe and happy. The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the decisions I made about designing my future dream house. The house of my dream has to be huge, spacious, which would reflect my personality toward innovations and modern technological advances. I would like my house count as much as possible with green materials that preserve the environment I want my house to be located in a place

roof of their house. One day I want to have a home that makes me feel well and where I can be safe and happy. The purpose of this essay is to discuss and fine structural decisions I made about designing my dream house. The house of my dream has to be huge, spacious, which would reflect my personality toward innovations and new modern technological advances. . I would like my house count as much as possible with green materials that serve to protect the environment I want my house to be located in

playing with dollhouses as a child, or how about building homes out of Lego’s or Lincoln Logs? The concept of home is something we experience from a very young age, after all, as the new long-term exhibit House & Home at the National Building Museum points out, “We all live somewhere.” The House & Home exhibit explores a subject so wide and so fundamental to the American way of life that it resonates with visitors of all ages and backgrounds. A visit to any of the Washington, D.C. based National

the Rufus Stillman House. The House is located in Litchfield, Connecticut and was built in 1950 by the architect Marcel Breuer. Marcel Breuer became acquainted with this couple, Rufus and Leslie Stillmen, in 1949. They became acquainted when Breuer’s work of his demonstration house that was on display in a courtyard at the Museum of Modern Art, which is located in New York. The couple hired Marcel Breuer to design a modern house for their property in Litchfield. The Stillman House was the resulting

Le Corbusier’s manifesto ‘vers un architecture’ (Towards an architecture) seemingly focuses on promoting the excellence of the machine. Corbusier quotes. ‘A house is a machine for living in’ explaining that the main principle for architects should be to create a house as well suited to its purpose as you would a machine. It also reinforced the opinion that it is better for something to be functional (functionalism) than have a good appearance. During the writing, Corbusier promotes the strong idea

located at 814 Victorian Ave, Sparks, NV (all PDF). The building was placed on the Nation Register of Historic Places in 1984 (Website) and displays influences from the Mediterranean Revival style of architecture, being one of two buildings in Sparks (the other being the Immaculate Conception Church) created in that style (PDF). The setting for the Sparks Heritage Museum and Cultural Center is in what was the downtown commercial area of