M.L.H. Architectural Styles

This house style originated in Normandy of France where houses and barns were attached. The central building was used for the storage of grain.
But in the U.S., the French Normandy was an expensive Revival Style, characterized by cutstone, elaborate roof lines, and in this case, a two-car built-in garage Most French Normandy houses have these features:
M.L.H. Architectural Styles - SHS Architectural CADD 2 or more stories
M.L.H. Architectural Styles - SHS Architectural CADD exterior wall of reddish bricks, cutstone, and/or stuccoM.L.H. Architectural Styles - SHS Architectural CADD
central turret with entrance and staircase
M.L.H. Architectural Styles - SHS Architectural CADD massive chimmnys steep, complicated roofs
M.L.H. Architectural Styles - SHS Architectural CADD sometimes, even with half timber decorations

Links:

UWEC G367 Vogeler -- Architectural Styles

French Normandy House Style

harvardareahomes.com

http://www.dreamhomedesignusa.com

http://www.fredwynnarchitect.com/photo.htm


Prairie style



  • developed at the start of the 20th century by a group of Chicago architects
  • Frank Lloyd Wright used this style
  • 2 stories
  • broad hipped, or gabled roofs
  • overhanging eaves
  • casement windows
  • enclosed porches

links:
http://www.uwec.edu/geography/IVogeler/w367/styles/s335.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_School

http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/prairie_style.html

www.ontarioarchitecture.com

www.penandink.homestead.com


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