Create an ideabook for your next remodeling project!
Browse more than 1,000,000 photos from top designers and save your favorites
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
Houzz Contributor. Just an architect, standing in front of an ideology, asking it to love me.
Houzz Contributor. Just an architect, standing in front of an ideology,... More »
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.
| Like it? Save it to your Ideabook »
|
| This applies to Seattle as well. |
| Like it? Save it to your Ideabook »
|
| In most real estate listings, "Cape Cod" means small and painted white. |
| Like it? Save it to your Ideabook »
|
| 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. |
| Like it? Save it to your Ideabook »
|
| Her recipe for mac and cheese with truffle oil is simply amazing. You have to try it. |
| Like it? Save it to your Ideabook »
|
| That's a police car in the lower right corner, by the way... |
| Like it? Save it to your Ideabook »
|
| Mad Men? Or Sad Man? |
| Like it? Save it to your Ideabook »
|
| Imma let you sit there. |
| Like it? Save it to your Ideabook »
|
| 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.
What are you working on?
News From Our Partners
Latest Ideabooks
People found the photos in this ideabook after searching for:
View over a million photos:
basements · bedrooms · dining rooms · entries · family rooms · garage and sheds · halls · home offices · landscapes · laundry rooms · powder rooms · wine cellars and more.
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
i'm a scorpio. ????