[fjn]

Just curious,what style of buildings do you like and why ? For me,it is styles that draw their inspiration from Classical Architecture. Those styles would include Georgian,Federal and Neo-Classical. The latter,was introduced by Jefferson and at times referred to as Jeffersonian.


Some of the reasons I'M drawn to those styles is because I enjoy the symmetry,balance and harmony that is usually used to compose the elevations of those styles. Also,most of those buildings employed a system of ratios to organize the designs and regulating lines employed to assemble the elevations prevented the designs from appearing static.


In the right setting,I also enjoy the Italianate style which was prevalent from about the 1840,s to about the 1890,s.



Look forward to hearing about your favorites.

 

[WarnerConstInc.]

Kind of a limited style, but carpenter gothic is my favorite.

 

[Tom Struble]

i like modern style..gimme lots of glass and sleek lines

 

[jhark123]

I love craftsman homes.

 

[hdavis]

Spanish or Italian - if it has a courtyard with a terraced water garden, I like it.

 

[Easy Gibson]

The more I work with wood as a structural material, the more I hate it.

I went to see Prouve's Tropical House when it was on display in Queens a few years ago and I haven't been able to adjust back to 'Merican home building.

Here's another prototype he did that I'm absolutely in love with.

If I had to ground myself a little, I'd agree with jhark and hdavis and say either craftsman or Spanish/Italian. That or those perfect single level nicely gardened homes that look like the best of modernism and Japanese architecture combined.

If we had to dissolve our civilization and build from the ground up, I vote we let Lou Kahn take a crack at it this time around. It'd be like living on one the habitable moons from the Star Wars universe.

 

[Reg]

Greene and Greene style of building for me. I lived near the Gamble house for a few years in Pasadena California and I fell in love this style of building.
http://gamblehouse.org/photos/index.html

 

[Eaglei]

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[Eaglei]

English Tudor

 

[Robie]

I guess your favorite might be what you'd build or live in if that was an option.

I'd have to say a log home. A real nice log home.

 

[PrestigeR&D]

Vignola,.

 

[Passat]

A not so big Craftsman. Not as much detail as the true craftsman, but more thought than a track home! Moderation between craftsman and trackman, but with more efficiency!

 

[mstrat]

Not sure why, but I always find myself drawn to a nicely constructed Bungalow with a big front porch...just seems to be super slick looking to me!

 

[Passat]

That be what I like

Not sure why, but I always find myself drawn to a nicely constructed Bungalow with a big front porch...just seems to be super slick looking to me!

Right up my liking as well! Bungalow with detail and added efficiency.

 

[roofermann]

To have to work on, or look at/live in?:thumbsup:

 

[Tom Struble]

Vignola,.

loved him on Fish and Barney Miller:clap:

 

[EricBrancard]

I like Cape Cod style homes and pretty much anything you'd see on the New England coastline between Newport and the Cape. Cedar shingle siding and roofing, natural, weathered, grayish color, etc.

FJN - have you read "Get Your House Right"?

 

[jhark123]

I also like Northwest Modern, but it is very expensive to do correctly

 

[KennMacMoragh]

I like the Iron Man house.

 

[dom-mas]

Richardsoniuan Romanesque and Craftsman. I'm with Reg, the Greene bros blow me away. And Richardsonian Romanesque seems so permanent to me