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Architectural

Review #7

Architectural Terms &

Residential Architectural Styles

#1: What is the

name of this

style of Early

American house

with its plain

windows,

flattened entry,

and chimneys

located on the

ends of the

house?

Georgian

style

Colonial

#2: What is the style of this bungalow?

Early 20th Century

Tudor Revival Bungalow

Early 20th Century

#3:

What is the

square

footage of

this

bathroom?

9 fee

t

6 feet

9 feet x 6 feet

= 54 square

feet

9 fee

t

6feet

#4: What is the style of this house?

American Foursquare

#5: What is the name of this

palace located outside of London?

I spent a

fortune on

this

place!!!

Hampton Court: A Tudor Palace

Originally built for Cardinal

Wolsey, Archbishop of York,

at the time of King Henry VIII

(1514)

Cardinal Wolsey spent

extravagant amounts of money

on the palace before King

Henry took it away from him

I spent a

fortune on

this

place!!!

#6: What is this large French

countryhouse called?

A chateau

#7:

What is the

name of this

type of Tudor

window?

What is the

name of this

type of Tudor

window?

Oriel

window

#8: What style of roof is seen on

this manor house?

Mansard roof

#9: What is this architectural

feature?

A window set

vertically in a

small gable

projecting

from a sloping

roof

A Dormer

A window set

vertically in a

small gable

projecting

from a sloping

roof

#10:

What is the name

given to this style

of early 20th

century home

with its horizontal

lines, brick porch

columns and

handcrafted

detailing?

Early 20th Century

This style is often associated with

American architect,

Frank Lloyd Wright.

Prairie Style

(Craftsman)

Early 20th Century

#11: What is the style of this

Victorian house?

Gothic Revival

#12: What is the name of this style of house,

found throughout the Mid-Western

United States?

Post-War Homes

Split-Level Ranch-style house

Post-War Homes

#13: What is the architectural style

of this 1930’s house?

English Tudor Revival

#14: What is the name of this

type of window?

Quatrefoil

(pronounced kwot-ruh-foyle)

#15: What did Frank Lloyd Wright call his series of

L-shaped homes which served as the inspiration

for the American ranch-style house?

Early 20th Century

The Usonian house

#16: What do we call the triangle

formed by a sloping roof?

?

?

A Gable

A gable is the

triangle formed by

a sloping roof

?

#17: What is the name of this

architectural feature?

The Balustrade

Baluster

#18: What type of siding

is used on this cottage?

Board and batten • A type of siding

• Alternates foot-wide boards with narrow strips which cover the seams between the boards

#19: What is the style of this

20th century bungalow?

Early 20th Century

Cape Cod Revival with

dormers

The Cape Cod style

house became popular

again in the US in the

1930’s and 1940’s.

Early 20th Century

#20: What style would be

given to this home built in the

early 1930’s intended to look

like an Early American home?

Early 20th Century

Colonial RevivalEarly 20th Century

Barn-like

roofline

Early

American

Colonial

#21: What is the name of this style of Early

American Colonial home with a barn-like

(gambrel) roof?

Dutch Colonial

Many of the

Dutch colonists

built brick

homes to

remind them of

their roots in the

Netherlands.

Many Dutch

colonists settled

in New York

along the

Hudson River

“This

house

reminds

me of

Holland!”

Barn-like

roofline

Early

American

Colonial

#22:

What is the

proper

name of this

style of

roof?

Mansard

A-Frame

#23:

What is the name of

this style house?

Post-War Homes

A-Frame

A-frame

Post-War Homes

#24: What is the name of the architect who

designed these “mid-century modern” houses

in Southern California?

Post-War Homes

Joseph Eichler

Post-War Homes

Walter Gropius House

Lincoln, Massachusetts,

1938

Early 20th Century

#25: What is the style of this house

built by architect, Walter Gropius?

Walter Gropius House

Lincoln, Massachusetts,

1938

Early 20th Century

International style

#26: What is

the name of

the window

grouping

above the

door?

A transom window

• A window above a door

• On an outside door, it is usually fixed and won’t open

• Inside the house, the window could be opened for ventilation in the days before central heat and air-conditioning

A transom window over

a door or window, in

the shape of a fan,

semi-circle or ellipse

Seen in

Federal

(Adam) style

architecture

#27: What is the proper name for

the elliptical shaped window above

the front door?

A Fanlight

A transom window over

a door or window, in

the shape of a fan,

semi-circle or ellipse

Seen in

Federal

(Adam) style

architecture

#28:

What is the

style of this

classically

styled house

with its

pediment,

columns and

symmetrical

shape?

Greek Revival• Pedimented

gables

• Symmetrical shape

• Columns

• Wide, plain frieze

• Style often seen in Southern antebellum homes

Classical Style

House

#29: What is the name of this style of

Early American house with its Palladian

window, fanlight, and shutters?

Federal Style (Adam) House

#30:

What is the name

of America’s first

large-scale

suburb?

American

“subdivision” of

affordable

houses built

after WWII

Early 20th Century

First large-

scale

American

suburb

Levittown,

New York

American

“subdivision” of

affordable

houses built

after WWII

Early 20th Century

First large-

scale

American

suburb

#31:

What is the name

given to a room

containing only a

toilet and a sink?

• Sink

• toilet

Half-bath or“Powder room”

• Sink

• toilet

#32:

What style is

this house?

Early 20th Century

Pueblo Revival

(Santa Fe Style

Architecture)

Early 20th Century

#33:

What type of

joint connects

the 2 pieces

of wood cut at

45 degree

angles?

Miter joint

#34:

What is the name of this

style of small, Early

American Colonial house?

Simple 1-story

home with

fireplace in

center

Based on English

architecture but

adapted for harsh

New England

weather

Early

American

Colonial

The Cape Cod

Simple 1-story

home with

fireplace in

center

Based on English

architecture but

adapted for harsh

New England

weather

Early

American

Colonial

#35:

What is the name

given to this style

of house from the

late 1800’s, which

often included lots

of “gingerbread”,

towers, and

irregular

rooflines?

Queen Anne

Victorian

#36:

What is the style of this ranch house?

Tile roof

Decorative

wrought

ironwork

Early 20th Century

#4: Spanish Colonial Revival

Tile roof

Decorative

wrought

ironwork

Early 20th Century

#37:

What is the

proper term

used to

describe a

sculpture or

rainspout

resembling a

grotesque

creature or

monster?

Gargoyle

#38:

What does the term

“Antebellum

Architecture” mean?

“before the

war”(usually refers to

large, classically

styled houses built in

the South before the

American Civil War)

#39: What is the name given to

this type of door?

French doors

#40:

What style of

window is seen

in the

farmhouse in

this painting by

Grant Wood?

Gothic Revival

American Gothic

Grant Wood

Gothic

window

• Pointed arch windows

• Steeply pitched roofs

• Called “Carpenter Gothic” when constructed of wood

Victorian

#41:

What is the

name given to

the style of this

early 20th

century

house?

American

Foursquare

#42:

What is the

name of this

style of Early

American

Colonial which

got taxed at a

lower rate

because of its

unique shape?Early

American

Colonial

“Saltbox”•Shaped like a

box once used to

hold salt

•Queen Anne of

England taxed all

American 2 story

homes. By being

1 story in the

back, owners of

salt box homes

could avoid this

tax.

Early

American

Colonial

#43:

What is the

name of this

style of home

built in the 20th

century?

Early 20th Century

Colonial Revival

(Dutch)

Early 20th Century

#44: What is the name given to

small, early 20th century American

homes with rooms often connected

without hallways?

Bungalow

#45:

What is the

name of

this style of

Victorian

house with

a Mansard

roof?

Mansard roof

2nd Empire

(Mansard)

Mansard roof

#46: What is the proper name for the

architectural features which jut out from

the wall to support this balcony?

Corbels