Find Your Architectural Style
Good funny bones are crucial to great architecture. Bring yours along on a tongue-in-cheek tour through 8 home styles
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It can be hard to decide what your personal architectural style is. There are so many choices. And if you're trying to chose something important — like, say, the house you want to live in for the rest of your life — well ... you should probably get that choice right. But how can you tell what style you are? Is there a guide? Well, no, actually. There's the summary that the real estate people write, but that's basically science fiction. All ugly houses are called "contemporary." That's not helpful.
We need a better system. Something more ... scientific. So I'll give it a try. Using my vast knowledge of architectural styles and my keen powers of observation, I've compiled the following. Feel free to make changes in your life accordingly.
We need a better system. Something more ... scientific. So I'll give it a try. Using my vast knowledge of architectural styles and my keen powers of observation, I've compiled the following. Feel free to make changes in your life accordingly.
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| This applies to Seattle as well. |
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| In most real estate listings, "Cape Cod" means small and painted white. |
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| I think I hate this guy, but I'm leaving my card with him just in case. Maybe he can give one to his father as well. |
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| Her recipe for mac and cheese with truffle oil is simply amazing. You have to try it. |
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| That's a police car in the lower right corner, by the way... |
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| Mad Men? Or Sad Man? |
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| Imma let you sit there. |
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| Sitting in a midcentury-modern chair while wearing a flannel shirt. I think that's called irony, and it's awesome. More by Coffee with an Architect: Great Architecture Speaks to Us Flash Cards for Architectural Terms |
Ideabook updated on April 4, 2012.
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You're a DINK (double-income-no-kids) couple with comfy upper management roles and expensive taste, but you secretively yearn to move to the country and do some homesteading. Your architectural style: Yurt (a fancy two story, with all the proper ammenities and only the best materials, of course).
http://bungalowthirteen.blogspot.com/2012/03/architectural-style.html
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