Elements
a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof
What is a DORMER
triangular gable forming the end of the roof slope over a portico
What is a PEDIMENT
A low, broad, single-story frame building with a moderately steep pitched gabled roof, a large central chimney, and very little ornamentation
What is CAPE COD STYLE
An architectural style from a mother country that has been incorporated into the buildings of settlements or colonies in distant locations
What is COLONIAL STYLE
relating to France or its people or language.
What is FRENCH STYLE
Device of wood, stone, or metal that projects from or overhangs a wall to carry a weight
What is a BRACKET
elaborately detailed embellishment, either lavish or superfluous.
What is GINGERBREAD
An American architectural style inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain during the last decades of the 19th century.
What is CRAFTSMAN STYLE?
A brown Triassic–Jurassic sandstone that was historically a popular building material
What is BROWNSTONE STYLE
A long sandy Peninsula is Southeast Massachusetts
What is CAPE COD
low screen formed by railings of stone, wood, metal, glass, or other materials and designed to prevent falls from roofs, balconies, and other elevated architectural elements
What is a BALUSTRADE
symmetrical shape with four lobes or foils of equal size. It looks like a simplified flower with four squat petals or four interconnected circles that slightly overlap.
What us QUATREFOIL
A multiple-level home with front-facing gable roofing that overlaps and stone exterior or wood frame exterior.
What is TUDOR STYLE
like postmodernism and high-tech architecture with highly conceptual forms and designs.
What is CONTEMPORATY STYLE
Based in spanish style
What is SPANISH STYLE
Method of building in which external and internal walls are constructed of timber frames and the spaces between the structural members are filled with such materials as brick, plaster, or wattle and daub.
What is HALF-TIMBERS
a window, usually with a vertical emphasis, that flanks a door or a larger window
What is SIDE LIGHT
a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.
What is VICTORIAN STYLE
grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, Greek—especially Doric —or Roman detail, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls
What is NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
derived from the Olde English pre 7th century personal name Munda
What is MANSFORD ROOF
Roof with two slopes, one is lower
What is a MANSFORD ROOF
the section of wall above the picture rail and under the crown moldings or cornice.
What is a FRIEZE
feature long flat roofs, rows of windows, horizontal lines and organic patterns.
What is PRARIE STYLE
Is a style of house in which the floor levels are staggered
What is SPLIT LEVEL STYLE
cake made with molasses and flavored with ginger.
What is GINGERBREAD