Roof styles
House styles
House Features
Miscellaneous House
Special Features
100
Comes to a point in the center and slopes on both sides
What is a Gable roof
100
Three regions of historical architecture that influence our architecture of today
What Greece, France, Spain, cold climates, hot climates
100
The two types of solar energy used in solar homes and earth-sheltered homes
What are active and passive solar energy
100
the two styles of traditional houses
What are Folk and Classic
100
An open space covered with a roof which is supported by columns
What is a portico
200
This is found on a Saltbox roof
What is a lean-to
200
Small, symmetrical, one and 1/2 story house with a gable roof and usually has dormers
What is Cape Cod
200
A small, one-story house with a low-pitched roof and a front, covered porch
What is a bungalow
200
a style originating from the common experiences of a group of people
What is Folk
200
Scrolls and decorative trims that appear under eaves, around windows and doors
What is gingerbread
300
a two-pitched roof with the lower slope steeper than the upper slope
What is a gambrel roof
300
DAILY DOUBLE A large, two or three story frame house of symmetrical design. Two-story columns extend across the front, covered by a roof extension. This is an offshoot of the Greek Revival Style
What is Southern Colonial
300
One-story structure that may have a basement
What is a ranch
300
This style represent the authentic repetition of architecture with enduring excellence
What is Classic
300
Roof-like decorations that are usually found over a portico, window or door
What is a pediment
400
The slopes of the roof encircle the house and dormers often project from the steeply pitched roof
What is a Mansard roof
400
Has simple outside lines, windows with small panes, gable or hip roofs, a balustrade and a tall chimney at each end of the roof
What is Georgian
400
Type of house that has three or four levels
What is a split-level
400
Name two types of French style architecture
What are French Normandy, French Plantation, French Manor or French Provincial
400
A small room on the roof of a house, possibly used as a lookout
What is a belvedere
500
These were masonry construction of adobe brick or stone covered with stucco (type of plaster)
What is Spanish style
500
DAILY DOUBLE These types of houses are most often found in New England
What are Cape Cod, Saltbox and Garrison
500
Part of the modern movement, created by the ideas of four 20th architects, and is often dramatic with white concrete on the outside
What is International
500
The most dramatic style during the modern movement which combines ideas from four 20th century architects and if often white and dramatic
What is the International style
500
A small tower built as part of the house
What is a turret
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