1. Chapter 15 Home Styles Since 1700
Interior Design
Chapter 15
Home Styles Since 1700

2. The 18th Century
Immigrant Styles: Collection of styles that needed to adapt to the new land
English: Timber sawed into boards
Dutch: Stone and brick
Germans: Wood and quarry stone
Swedes: Squared logs
Spanish: Cut stone and adobe brick

3. Georgian Style
Named after the kings of England, colonists copied design that had been popular in England
Formal, Balanced Design
Hip Roof
Large symmetrically placed windows
Pilasters at the door
Doorways often topped with a Pediment
Cornice trim: Tooth-like pattern
Chimney: Central or at each end of the roof
Contrasting Materials: Red brick and white wood trim

4. Georgian Style Examples

5. The Federal Period Adam Style:
- Rectangular design with one or more stories
- Gabled Roofs
- Symmetrically placed windows
- Fanlight: semicircular, round or oval window with fan-shaped panes of glass, above the door or in the pediment
- Decorative interiors, mantels especially decorative

6. Adam Style Example

7. The Federal Period
Early Classical: Started by President Thomas Jefferson, who was also an architect
- Similar to Adam style
- The difference is the Portico: a tall, open porch, supported columns, over the front entrance

8. Early Classical Revival Style Example

9. The 19th Century Industrial Revolution was taking place
People lived near the factories in poor quality homes so they could be near the work
Tenements: Apartment complexes with minimum standards of sanitary, safety, and comfort
Housing reflected a mixture of ideas and a spirit of fantasy and excitement

10. The Romantic Revival Period
Greek Revival Style: Popular around the time of the Civil War, Southern Plantation Style, page 349
Gothic Revival Style: Pointed arches, decorated with gingerbread, lacy-looking, cutout wood trim
Italianate Style: Overhanging hip roofs with decorative brackets, or supports, page 350

11. The Victorian Period
Mansard Style: It has a mansard roof which has two slopes on each side
Queen Anne Style: The most fanciful of the Victorian styles, often has a circular tower, decorative details were highlighted by different colors of paint

12. The Early 20th Century
Two architectural movements: traditional and modern
The most creative and productive times in the history of home design

13. Period Revival Styles Colonial Revival Style
Tudor Style: Half-timbered exterior and a distinctive chimney pot: earthenware pipes places at the pipes of chimneys
Chateauesque Style: Castlelike details of French palaces
Mission Style: Hispanic heritage, fashioned after mission churches, page 354

14. Modern Styles
Prairie Style: Frank Lloyd Wright, emphasized horizontal lines, low-pitched roofs, influenced the
American Foursquare: square, two story house with a hip roof and wide front porch
Craftsman Style: Developed the Bungalow: A small one-story house with an overhanging roof and covered porch
International Style: Emphasized function and usefulness, decorative trim was avoided, page 356

15. The Mid 20th Century to Today: Postwar Modern Styles
Ranch Styles: Easy access to all rooms on ground level
Contemporary Style: Used to integrate the landscape around it, sometimes called American International
Split-Level: Modification of a Ranch Style home, provides the same space without the size of the lot needed for a Ranch
Shed Style: Name came from steep pitched shed roof

16. Unique Designs A-Frame: Gabled roof goes to the ground on two sides
Geodesic Dome: Triangular frames that are joined to form a self-supporting roof and walls, interior walls are not needed to support the structure