Rising up as spectral monsters, the New York City buildings captured by photographer Marc Yankus loom as giants in the urban landscape. The series of
One of the world's most iconic cities gets a makeover.
Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.
Be an architecture detective. Print out the worksheets in this article and take them with you as you explore your neighborhood and city. See if you can identify the architectural styles of the buildings around you, using the clues in the worksheets. Take photographs of the most interesting buildings and make a note of their street number and address. When you get home, take out your photographs and examine all the clues you can find. Make notes on the architectural evidence that lets you know the style of each house and when it might have been built. Using a map, create an historic walking tour of your neighborhood that shows where all the most interesting buildings are, their architectural styles and when they might have been built. Don't forget to include churches, schools and municipal buildings. Many public buildings have inscriptions or plaques that tell the year of completion and other important information. Create a blog or web page that shows your map. Include numbers that show where all the coolest buildings are. Post your photographs of the buildings below, each with a number that corresponds to it's place on the map.Below each house, print the architectural style and the years it was probably built. Invite your friends to print out your map and take your walking tour. Notify your local library, school and city hall of your research so they can post a link to your virtual walking tour on their websites. Real estate agencies may also be interested in this information since it helps them to show prospective buyers the beauty and history of the area. Be safety conscious! Do not identify your house or the houses of any individual person. Do not post anyone's personal information on the Internet under any circumstances! Visitors to your neighborhood will enjoy your walking tour for many years to come and you will be doing something very important. preserving the rich architectural heritage of your city. Helpful architecture related posts elsewhere in this blog: Three point perspective More beautiful two point perspective houses to draw Two Point Perspective (also contains more detailed information about the history and architecture of Perth Amboy, New Jersey) Perspective Drawing 101...Drawing a house and a hallway using one point perspective Perspective 101 continued...one point perspective in your neighborhood Helpful printouts. Learning how to draw in one point perspective continued... Sources: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/architectural_field_guide/2370 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/architectural_field_guide/2370/dictionary_of_architectural_terms/445407 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ http://architecture.about.com/od/greatbuildings/Great_Buildings_and_Structures.htm http://architecture.about.com/library/bl-glossary.htm http://www.westchicago.org/departments/HP_WCA.html http://rochestercityliving.com/about-rochester/architecture/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0394739698/ref=redir_mdp_mobile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobean_architecture http://www.cityoflancasterpa.com/lancastercity/cwp/view.asp?A=869&Q=550231 http://www.newyorkcarver.com/Glossary.htm http://www.buffaloah.com/a/DCTNRY/vocab.html http://www.buildinghistory.org/regulations.shtml Popular Types of American Architecture Practice identifying the houses styles. Print out the individual pictures below, match them up and test yourself: Using the worksheets below, start exploring your neighborhood. See if you can identify the houses by their architectural details and overall shape and design: Italianate Architecture Thomas Mundy Peterson School in Perth Amoby NJ is an Italianate building. Can you identify the characteristics that make this school Italianate? In the second Panorama 360 below you can see both Thomas Mundy Peterson School and the William C. McGinnis School across the street. William C. McGinnis School was built almost 30 years after the Thomas Mundy Peterson School, using a different architectural style. You will learn about the architecture of McGinnis School later in this article. To learn how you can download the Panorama 360 app and use it to take three dimensional pictures with your smartphone or tablet, click here. Below is a Panorama 360 of Thomas Mundy Peterson School, Perth Amboy, NJ. Built 1871, Architectural Style: Italianate. Next door is a Masonic Temple with a Classical Revival entry way. Next is Our Savior Danish Lutheran Church, Gothic Revival Architecture, built in 1889. Across the street is the William C. McGinnis School, Jacobean Revival Collegiate Architecture, built in 1899 The 360 above shows a view of both William C. McGinnis School (built in 1899 in the Jacobean style) and Thomas Mundy Peterson School (built in 1871 in the Italianate style and named after it's first custodian, an important community leader and the first African American US citizen to cast a vote in this country after the passage of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution) More Examples of Italianate architecture The Angel of the Sea in Cape May, New Jersey, is an example of Second Empire Victorian architecture. Can you identify the features of the Angel of the Sea that define it as Second Empire style? Other Examples of Second Empire Architecture This house is Dutch Colonial, Cape May, NJ The Wisner House, Summit NJ, Colonial Revival Architecture, 1889. Babb, Cook and Willard. The home features a Palladian style center entry, an arched entrance hood in the style of an elaborate concave shell. The house also exhibits Shingle style detail such as it's shingle cladding and gable-ended dormers. Peter Shields in Cape May, NJ has a portico. This might identify the building as Neo-Classical but the simple, symmetrical design of the building also fits the definition of a Georgian mansion. Peter Shields Inn, Cape May New Jersey, with the Angel of the Sea in the background. Many types of early American architecture, including neoclassical and Georgian, pay homage to the building designs of ancient Rome and Greece. Here is an excellent article that will help sort out the confusion and make it easier to distinguish different types of designs: Neo-classical Design, a guide to the confusion To learn more about the history of the Peter Shields Inn, click here. Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello is Neo-Classical. How can you tell? Here is an example of a Greek Revival Home Look carefully at the details of this house. What distinguishes it as Greek Revival? The Abbey, Cape May, NJ. The pointed arch windows identify The Abbey as being a Gothic Style mansion. This Baptist Church in Scotch Plains New Jersey is another example of Gothic Revival Architecture. Like The Abbey, this building has decorative eave moldings, a steeply pitched roof and windows with Gothic, pointed arches. The Abbey is a wooden structure while the church above is constructed mostly of brick. There are more photographs of Scotch Plains Baptist Church later in this article. Christ Church, Summit NJ, 1902 What evidence tells you that Christ Church is clearly an example of Gothic architecture? Some Panorama 360 pictures of Christ Church in Summit, New Jersey Below is a collection of Gothic Revival stained glass windows that I found in local churches near to where I live and work. Start exploring your neighborhood. What hidden gems can you find? The album above uses an Adobe Flash player and may not be visible on some mobile devices. To view the album on a mobile device, please click here. These last two stained glass windows, created in 1923 for the First Baptist Church in Perth Amboy, NJ, clearly show the pointed arches that are the hallmark of Gothic architecture. Other characteristic details of Gothic Revival architecture tracery - ornamental stonework most often seen supporting window glass in the form of trifoils, quatrafoils and cinquefoils. Sometimes used merely as decoration on panels and moldings and then called 'blind' tracery. pinnacle - a slender, pointed summit placed on top of buttresses, gables or doorways finial - the top or finishing stone of a pinnacle. crocket - a small ornament projecting from the sloping angles of pinnacles, spires, etc., typically depicting stylized foliage. capital - the cap or crown to a column, usually heavily decorated. Can you find the Gothic Revival tracery, quatrafoils, finial and crocket in these pictures of the First Baptist Church (Perth Amoby, NJ, 1923)? Another feature often found on Gothic Revival architecture is the gargoyle. a gargoyle is a spout, usually carved in the shape of an animal or demon, and connected to a gutter for throwing rain water from the roof of a building. See Gothic Field Guide Spotlight. If you look up at the top of the bell tower of the First Baptist Church in Perth Amoby, NJ you can just make out the gargoyles in each corner, protecting the church from rain water. To learn more about the details that identify Gothic Revival architecture, click here. Panorama 360, Exterior view of the First Baptist Church, Perth Amboy NJ and Panorama 360 of the Interior view, taken from the choir loft Gothic Revival Churches often have Rose windows. A Rose window is a large, circular window with heavily foliated tracery branching out from a common center. More at The Virtual Gothic Cathedral &Rose Window Geometry A common style characteristic is a steeply pitched, gabled roof, trimmed with a decorative wooden bargeboard. Can you find the rose windows, bargeboard and other Gothic Revival details in these pictures of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church in Scotch Plains, New Jersey? Panorama 360s of Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Scotch Plains, New Jersey Richardsonian Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival Richardsonian Romanesque The massive architectural style, from 1880 to 1900 and beyond, as practiced by Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886) and his followers; an outgrowth of earlier architecture making use of architectural elements of the Romanesque style, chiefly in public buildings, churches, railroad terminals, and universities designed from 1840 to 1880. Buildings in this style usually exhibit many of the following characteristics: a façade of rough-cut rock-faced masonry, and different colors and textures of stone, occasionally in combination with decorative brickwork; massive semicircular arches, sometimes in combination with flat arches; clustered arches or piers; a decorativetympanum; parapeted gable ends; short, thick columns, occasionally with cushion capitals; bands of engaged colonettes; decorative plaques; a roof covering of slate or tile; one or more cross gables; decorative cresting or decorative tile at the ridge of the roof; a tower with a steep roof and/or topped with a finial; a steeply pitched, hipped roof with little roof overhang at the eaves; a decorative chimney; double-hung windows, often arched or rectangular; deeply recessed window opening; window openings framed by round arches having hooded moldings, often with label stops; often, a circular or semicircular window in a wall gable; doors usually deeply set within massive semicircular or segmental masonry arches ornamented with Romanesque decorations. Also called Neo-Romanesque or Romanesque Revival. See Victorian Romanesque. From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc How to recognize Romanesque Revival architecture All Saints Episcopal Church in Scotch Plains New Jersey is an example of Romanesque Revival architecture. The most obvious feature that distinguishes this style from the Gothic Revival style is the shape of the arches. Gothic revival arches are pointed on the top, Romanesque Revival arches are round. Romanesque Revival Stained Glass Window, Tewksbury, New Jersey Some Panorama 360 pictures of All Saints Episcopal Church, Scotch Plains, New Jersey Queen Anne Style Architecture The Queen Anne Style is characterized by "busy" (complex) roof lines with steep pitches, round corner towers and tall chimneys Multi-gabled roofs with sharp peaks Asymmetrical plans Projecting bays and porches Ginger breading (decorative scroll work under the eaves) Stained glass windows This house has both Queen Anne and Gothic features Architects designing in the Queen Anne style freely borrowed from other popular styles and incorporated them into their house designs. When trying to figure out if a house is a Queen Anne, look for round towers. multi-gabled roofs with sharp peaks and, of course, ginger breading (decorative scroll work under the eaves). This house has a multi-gabled roof with sharp peaks, a projecting bay window, a projecting porch, a round tower and some ginger bread scroll work on the eave of the roof. Even though it does not have the characteristic rambling asymmetrical plan, it is still considered a Queen Anne Victorian because of the other details. A sub-type of the Queen Anne Style is the Stick Style This house is Stick Style, The Empress, Cape May, NJ Another Stick Style House. Cape May, NJ. Can you identify all the features that define this building as an example of a Stick Syle Victorian? 2 Panorama 360s of The Empress, Cape May NJ Some unusual architectural styles Moorish or Oriental Style Architecture This style, evocative of the Middle East or Far East, is notable for its ogee or pointed arch which appears at windows, and porches. Trim is delicate and ornate, sometimes with a lacy pattern. Some Moorish or Oriental Revival buildings have recessed porches or Turkish onion domes. The style was inspired in the late 18th and early 19th century by the increasing trade and contact with the Far East. The stylized and traditional architecture of this region appeared exotic and romantic. Like the Egyptian Revival, the Oriental Revival became popular again in the 1920s and 1930s. Churches reflecting the Eastern European cultural tradition often are designed with gilded Moorish style onion domes. While that is a distinctive Moorish Revival style feature, it may be the only element of that style present in the overall design. Information from: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/mid-19th_century_period/2386/exotic_revival_egyptian_revival_style/293445 The ornate dome, over the balcony of the corner tower (turret) of this building in downtown Westfield New Jersey, is the only feature of the structure that is Moorish Revival. Architects in the 1920s and 1930s, fascinated with the ornate beauty of Middle Eastern architecture, would sometimes add a fancy Moorish dome to a building that was otherwise built in a completely different style. William C. McGinnis School, built in 1899, is an example of Jacobean Revival Collegiate Style Architecture. Here is a worksheet showing the features that make McGinnis School Jacobean William C. McGinnis School has both stepped gables and gables with parapets. This means that the brick front of the building extends higher than the roof, giving the building a larger appearance from the front than it has from the side. This is a very common feature in Jacobean architecture. Why? Jacobean revival architecture is based on a British style of building that evolved during the 1600s. After the great fire of London in 1666 all new buildings were required to be built of brick or stone. The front of each building had to have parapets that extended above the roof line to act as a fire break. Source:http://www.buildinghistory.org/regulations.shtml Look at the pictures below and see if you can find the Jacobean features in the photographs of McGinnis School. William C. McGinnis School, today McGinnis School, 1909 A Panorama 360 of William C. McGinnis School A Glossary of commonly used architectural terms Just click on each word to follow the link to it's definition Do not worry about memorizing all these terms. Use this glossary for a quick reference when you need to understand something you are reading or want to describe something you see. Eventually, when you have spent enough time looking at, reading about, photographing and describing beautiful buildings, you will find yourself remembering the architectural terms that you use most often. Bay Window Bracket Column Cornice Dormer Entablature Pilaster Quoins Turret If you need to look up more architectural terms, here are the links to two excellent online illustrated dictionaries: Common Architectural Terms Used to Describe Historic Buildings Architectural Dictionary For parents and educators: Click here for a set of lesson plans from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program which can easily be adapted to your local neighborhood. The worksheets are good because they ask kids to record their observations without weighing them down in the beginning with sophisticated terminology.
From the 9/11 Memorial in New York City to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, trips to these monuments promise to be more than just educational
Be an architecture detective. Print out the worksheets in this article and take them with you as you explore your neighborhood and city. See if you can identify the architectural styles of the buildings around you, using the clues in the worksheets. Take photographs of the most interesting buildings and make a note of their street number and address. When you get home, take out your photographs and examine all the clues you can find. Make notes on the architectural evidence that lets you know the style of each house and when it might have been built. Using a map, create an historic walking tour of your neighborhood that shows where all the most interesting buildings are, their architectural styles and when they might have been built. Don't forget to include churches, schools and municipal buildings. Many public buildings have inscriptions or plaques that tell the year of completion and other important information. Create a blog or web page that shows your map. Include numbers that show where all the coolest buildings are. Post your photographs of the buildings below, each with a number that corresponds to it's place on the map.Below each house, print the architectural style and the years it was probably built. Invite your friends to print out your map and take your walking tour. Notify your local library, school and city hall of your research so they can post a link to your virtual walking tour on their websites. Real estate agencies may also be interested in this information since it helps them to show prospective buyers the beauty and history of the area. Be safety conscious! Do not identify your house or the houses of any individual person. Do not post anyone's personal information on the Internet under any circumstances! Visitors to your neighborhood will enjoy your walking tour for many years to come and you will be doing something very important. preserving the rich architectural heritage of your city. Helpful architecture related posts elsewhere in this blog: Three point perspective More beautiful two point perspective houses to draw Two Point Perspective (also contains more detailed information about the history and architecture of Perth Amboy, New Jersey) Perspective Drawing 101...Drawing a house and a hallway using one point perspective Perspective 101 continued...one point perspective in your neighborhood Helpful printouts. Learning how to draw in one point perspective continued... Sources: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/architectural_field_guide/2370 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/architectural_field_guide/2370/dictionary_of_architectural_terms/445407 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ http://architecture.about.com/od/greatbuildings/Great_Buildings_and_Structures.htm http://architecture.about.com/library/bl-glossary.htm http://www.westchicago.org/departments/HP_WCA.html http://rochestercityliving.com/about-rochester/architecture/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0394739698/ref=redir_mdp_mobile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobean_architecture http://www.cityoflancasterpa.com/lancastercity/cwp/view.asp?A=869&Q=550231 http://www.newyorkcarver.com/Glossary.htm http://www.buffaloah.com/a/DCTNRY/vocab.html http://www.buildinghistory.org/regulations.shtml Popular Types of American Architecture Practice identifying the houses styles. Print out the individual pictures below, match them up and test yourself: Using the worksheets below, start exploring your neighborhood. See if you can identify the houses by their architectural details and overall shape and design: Italianate Architecture Thomas Mundy Peterson School in Perth Amoby NJ is an Italianate building. Can you identify the characteristics that make this school Italianate? In the second Panorama 360 below you can see both Thomas Mundy Peterson School and the William C. McGinnis School across the street. William C. McGinnis School was built almost 30 years after the Thomas Mundy Peterson School, using a different architectural style. You will learn about the architecture of McGinnis School later in this article. To learn how you can download the Panorama 360 app and use it to take three dimensional pictures with your smartphone or tablet, click here. Below is a Panorama 360 of Thomas Mundy Peterson School, Perth Amboy, NJ. Built 1871, Architectural Style: Italianate. Next door is a Masonic Temple with a Classical Revival entry way. Next is Our Savior Danish Lutheran Church, Gothic Revival Architecture, built in 1889. Across the street is the William C. McGinnis School, Jacobean Revival Collegiate Architecture, built in 1899 The 360 above shows a view of both William C. McGinnis School (built in 1899 in the Jacobean style) and Thomas Mundy Peterson School (built in 1871 in the Italianate style and named after it's first custodian, an important community leader and the first African American US citizen to cast a vote in this country after the passage of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution) More Examples of Italianate architecture The Angel of the Sea in Cape May, New Jersey, is an example of Second Empire Victorian architecture. Can you identify the features of the Angel of the Sea that define it as Second Empire style? Other Examples of Second Empire Architecture This house is Dutch Colonial, Cape May, NJ The Wisner House, Summit NJ, Colonial Revival Architecture, 1889. Babb, Cook and Willard. The home features a Palladian style center entry, an arched entrance hood in the style of an elaborate concave shell. The house also exhibits Shingle style detail such as it's shingle cladding and gable-ended dormers. Peter Shields in Cape May, NJ has a portico. This might identify the building as Neo-Classical but the simple, symmetrical design of the building also fits the definition of a Georgian mansion. Peter Shields Inn, Cape May New Jersey, with the Angel of the Sea in the background. Many types of early American architecture, including neoclassical and Georgian, pay homage to the building designs of ancient Rome and Greece. Here is an excellent article that will help sort out the confusion and make it easier to distinguish different types of designs: Neo-classical Design, a guide to the confusion To learn more about the history of the Peter Shields Inn, click here. Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello is Neo-Classical. How can you tell? Here is an example of a Greek Revival Home Look carefully at the details of this house. What distinguishes it as Greek Revival? The Abbey, Cape May, NJ. The pointed arch windows identify The Abbey as being a Gothic Style mansion. This Baptist Church in Scotch Plains New Jersey is another example of Gothic Revival Architecture. Like The Abbey, this building has decorative eave moldings, a steeply pitched roof and windows with Gothic, pointed arches. The Abbey is a wooden structure while the church above is constructed mostly of brick. There are more photographs of Scotch Plains Baptist Church later in this article. Christ Church, Summit NJ, 1902 What evidence tells you that Christ Church is clearly an example of Gothic architecture? Some Panorama 360 pictures of Christ Church in Summit, New Jersey Below is a collection of Gothic Revival stained glass windows that I found in local churches near to where I live and work. Start exploring your neighborhood. What hidden gems can you find? The album above uses an Adobe Flash player and may not be visible on some mobile devices. To view the album on a mobile device, please click here. These last two stained glass windows, created in 1923 for the First Baptist Church in Perth Amboy, NJ, clearly show the pointed arches that are the hallmark of Gothic architecture. Other characteristic details of Gothic Revival architecture tracery - ornamental stonework most often seen supporting window glass in the form of trifoils, quatrafoils and cinquefoils. Sometimes used merely as decoration on panels and moldings and then called 'blind' tracery. pinnacle - a slender, pointed summit placed on top of buttresses, gables or doorways finial - the top or finishing stone of a pinnacle. crocket - a small ornament projecting from the sloping angles of pinnacles, spires, etc., typically depicting stylized foliage. capital - the cap or crown to a column, usually heavily decorated. Can you find the Gothic Revival tracery, quatrafoils, finial and crocket in these pictures of the First Baptist Church (Perth Amoby, NJ, 1923)? Another feature often found on Gothic Revival architecture is the gargoyle. a gargoyle is a spout, usually carved in the shape of an animal or demon, and connected to a gutter for throwing rain water from the roof of a building. See Gothic Field Guide Spotlight. If you look up at the top of the bell tower of the First Baptist Church in Perth Amoby, NJ you can just make out the gargoyles in each corner, protecting the church from rain water. To learn more about the details that identify Gothic Revival architecture, click here. Panorama 360, Exterior view of the First Baptist Church, Perth Amboy NJ and Panorama 360 of the Interior view, taken from the choir loft Gothic Revival Churches often have Rose windows. A Rose window is a large, circular window with heavily foliated tracery branching out from a common center. More at The Virtual Gothic Cathedral &Rose Window Geometry A common style characteristic is a steeply pitched, gabled roof, trimmed with a decorative wooden bargeboard. Can you find the rose windows, bargeboard and other Gothic Revival details in these pictures of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church in Scotch Plains, New Jersey? Panorama 360s of Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Scotch Plains, New Jersey Richardsonian Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival Richardsonian Romanesque The massive architectural style, from 1880 to 1900 and beyond, as practiced by Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886) and his followers; an outgrowth of earlier architecture making use of architectural elements of the Romanesque style, chiefly in public buildings, churches, railroad terminals, and universities designed from 1840 to 1880. Buildings in this style usually exhibit many of the following characteristics: a façade of rough-cut rock-faced masonry, and different colors and textures of stone, occasionally in combination with decorative brickwork; massive semicircular arches, sometimes in combination with flat arches; clustered arches or piers; a decorativetympanum; parapeted gable ends; short, thick columns, occasionally with cushion capitals; bands of engaged colonettes; decorative plaques; a roof covering of slate or tile; one or more cross gables; decorative cresting or decorative tile at the ridge of the roof; a tower with a steep roof and/or topped with a finial; a steeply pitched, hipped roof with little roof overhang at the eaves; a decorative chimney; double-hung windows, often arched or rectangular; deeply recessed window opening; window openings framed by round arches having hooded moldings, often with label stops; often, a circular or semicircular window in a wall gable; doors usually deeply set within massive semicircular or segmental masonry arches ornamented with Romanesque decorations. Also called Neo-Romanesque or Romanesque Revival. See Victorian Romanesque. From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc How to recognize Romanesque Revival architecture All Saints Episcopal Church in Scotch Plains New Jersey is an example of Romanesque Revival architecture. The most obvious feature that distinguishes this style from the Gothic Revival style is the shape of the arches. Gothic revival arches are pointed on the top, Romanesque Revival arches are round. Romanesque Revival Stained Glass Window, Tewksbury, New Jersey Some Panorama 360 pictures of All Saints Episcopal Church, Scotch Plains, New Jersey Queen Anne Style Architecture The Queen Anne Style is characterized by "busy" (complex) roof lines with steep pitches, round corner towers and tall chimneys Multi-gabled roofs with sharp peaks Asymmetrical plans Projecting bays and porches Ginger breading (decorative scroll work under the eaves) Stained glass windows This house has both Queen Anne and Gothic features Architects designing in the Queen Anne style freely borrowed from other popular styles and incorporated them into their house designs. When trying to figure out if a house is a Queen Anne, look for round towers. multi-gabled roofs with sharp peaks and, of course, ginger breading (decorative scroll work under the eaves). This house has a multi-gabled roof with sharp peaks, a projecting bay window, a projecting porch, a round tower and some ginger bread scroll work on the eave of the roof. Even though it does not have the characteristic rambling asymmetrical plan, it is still considered a Queen Anne Victorian because of the other details. A sub-type of the Queen Anne Style is the Stick Style This house is Stick Style, The Empress, Cape May, NJ Another Stick Style House. Cape May, NJ. Can you identify all the features that define this building as an example of a Stick Syle Victorian? 2 Panorama 360s of The Empress, Cape May NJ Some unusual architectural styles Moorish or Oriental Style Architecture This style, evocative of the Middle East or Far East, is notable for its ogee or pointed arch which appears at windows, and porches. Trim is delicate and ornate, sometimes with a lacy pattern. Some Moorish or Oriental Revival buildings have recessed porches or Turkish onion domes. The style was inspired in the late 18th and early 19th century by the increasing trade and contact with the Far East. The stylized and traditional architecture of this region appeared exotic and romantic. Like the Egyptian Revival, the Oriental Revival became popular again in the 1920s and 1930s. Churches reflecting the Eastern European cultural tradition often are designed with gilded Moorish style onion domes. While that is a distinctive Moorish Revival style feature, it may be the only element of that style present in the overall design. Information from: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/mid-19th_century_period/2386/exotic_revival_egyptian_revival_style/293445 The ornate dome, over the balcony of the corner tower (turret) of this building in downtown Westfield New Jersey, is the only feature of the structure that is Moorish Revival. Architects in the 1920s and 1930s, fascinated with the ornate beauty of Middle Eastern architecture, would sometimes add a fancy Moorish dome to a building that was otherwise built in a completely different style. William C. McGinnis School, built in 1899, is an example of Jacobean Revival Collegiate Style Architecture. Here is a worksheet showing the features that make McGinnis School Jacobean William C. McGinnis School has both stepped gables and gables with parapets. This means that the brick front of the building extends higher than the roof, giving the building a larger appearance from the front than it has from the side. This is a very common feature in Jacobean architecture. Why? Jacobean revival architecture is based on a British style of building that evolved during the 1600s. After the great fire of London in 1666 all new buildings were required to be built of brick or stone. The front of each building had to have parapets that extended above the roof line to act as a fire break. Source:http://www.buildinghistory.org/regulations.shtml Look at the pictures below and see if you can find the Jacobean features in the photographs of McGinnis School. William C. McGinnis School, today McGinnis School, 1909 A Panorama 360 of William C. McGinnis School A Glossary of commonly used architectural terms Just click on each word to follow the link to it's definition Do not worry about memorizing all these terms. Use this glossary for a quick reference when you need to understand something you are reading or want to describe something you see. Eventually, when you have spent enough time looking at, reading about, photographing and describing beautiful buildings, you will find yourself remembering the architectural terms that you use most often. Bay Window Bracket Column Cornice Dormer Entablature Pilaster Quoins Turret If you need to look up more architectural terms, here are the links to two excellent online illustrated dictionaries: Common Architectural Terms Used to Describe Historic Buildings Architectural Dictionary For parents and educators: Click here for a set of lesson plans from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program which can easily be adapted to your local neighborhood. The worksheets are good because they ask kids to record their observations without weighing them down in the beginning with sophisticated terminology.
Modern Farmhouse StyleHome Design By Surround Architects Surround Architecture are an award-winning architectural design firm in Boulder, Colorado. They produce stunning modern homes that connect effortlessly with the environment.
An update of a legendary book provides encyclopedic architectural knowledge of the city’s row houses
Fallingwater is Wright’s crowning achievement in organic architecture and the American Institute of Architects’ "best all-time work of American architecture.” Its owners, Edgar and Liliane Kaufmann, were a prominent Pittsburgh couple, reputed for their distinctive sense of style and taste.
Queen Victoria may have vacated the British throne long ago, but the regal and architecturally distinctive Victorian houses erected during her reign, from 1837 to 1901, remain fixtures in cities across the United States, where they've put their own American twist on the European archetype. Here you can sample a selection of our favorite stateside examples of the everlasting elegance of the Victorian home.
The Zwinger, Dresden
A walk around Chicago is an epic journey through the city’s flamboyant eras. You’ll be equally delighted by the Loop’s Art Deco skyscrapers, the exciting
Old San Juan is very colorful,. with beautiful architecture, great shopping, and delicious restaurants. I wish I could have spent more time there.
The International Architecture Awards represent the world’s oldest and largest global awards program. Held by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture
A new book surveys the stunning work of Ezra Stoller, the most prominent photographer of 20th-century American architecture
Image 3 of 16 from gallery of La Fábrica by Ricardo Bofill: A Harmonious Blend of Past and Present. © María González
Digital PDF Book Instant Download. 50 Victorian American House Designs & Plans with Prices for 1878 PALLISER'S AMERICAN COTTAGE HOMES. 100 pages By PALLISER, PALLISER & Co. ARCHITECTS If you have any interest in Victorian American Architecture then this is a great book to have in your collection. The original edition of this Rare Book was printed in 1878 ****====================================================**** This book is also available in one of our 5 x Book Discount Collection Sets Here: RARE Victorian Architecture House Plan Books Collection #1 https://www.etsy.com/listing/471526020/new-collection-of-5-x-rare-victorian ****====================================================**** My Personal 100% Guarantee To You If you Buy this Book and after reading it, You feel that You did not get Your Money's worth from it, Message me and I will cancel your purchase and Refund Your Money. And You Can Keep The Book as My Personal Gift To You. ****====================================================**** PREFACE. In presenting to the public a new work on Architecture, we have endeavored to meet a demand that has been made on us, for some time past, for practical designs of low and medium priced houses suited to the masses of our country. We have endeavored, by careful study of proportion and distribution of parts, to combine good design with practical, convenient plans and sound construction ; in fact our aim has been, to get the best effect in design in the simplest, most common sense, and least expensive manner, as it is not expense and ornate decorations, which so many ignorantly believe to be the highest attainment of architecture, but design, which produces true beauty and graceful appearance. The same materials and expense thrown away on an ugly, ill-proportioned building, if guided by good design, would produce an elegant building, and this is why the architect is brought into requisition, to treat the materials placed in his hands so as to give an expression of beauty to the simplest form. It is an erroneous idea, that it is necessary to enclose convenience and comfort in the internal arrangements with ugliness, or that it is impossible to obtain a pleasing and effective design with a good plan and a modern construction. We have seen buildings which, externally, were perfect, but their plans of interior arrangement were absolute failures, being without a closet or pantry and devoid of the comfort and conveniences which one would expect to find. The first and main object of consideration should be the plan, the design being of a pliant nature and easily adapted to the ever-varying forms of comfortable and convenient plans. One of the objects of this work is to show, that in the erection of buildings the last named principles may be combined; also, we hope that it may prove suggestive to those intending to build and to mechanics engaged in the erection of buildings. We are inclined to think that, in many instances, the ideas contained will be something more than suggestive, and they will no doubt be found useful in assisting those who propose the erection of buildings, to decide on the character of the building they wish to erect. It has not been stated on the Plates where and for whom the buildings have been erected, yet the greater portion of the designs have been executed, or are in progress of execution in different parts of the country. In this we hope to have shown what can be done in obtaining good and convenient plans, with tasty and effective exteriors, at very low prices ; the present state of the country has made this a necessity, and has been one of the chief considerations in preparing these designs. The prices given will only do for the same specification the designs were executed by, and the same locality, and will vary according to location and style of material and finish used in construction. PALLISER, PALLISER & CO., Bridgeport, Conn., January 1, 1878. ====================================== This scarce antiquarian book is part of our Reference Books Digitized Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical books, we have chosen to Digitize this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other Digitizing issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's rare works of literature that would not normally be available. ====================================== This Book is intended for education and informational purposes only. Our modification and restoration process of this book, has resulted in our creating a new work (restored or annotated or improved work), that gives us a clear and novated copyright to this modified version. ====================================== Please note. This ebook is in PDF. file format. You can read it on your iPad or Tablet with iBooks. You can read it on your computer with Adobe Acrobat Reader If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in your computer, you can download it from Adobe. It's completely FREE. ====================================== Shipping is FREE via Instant Digital Delivery: This is a digital item. Once Payment is received, your book will be available in your etsy purchases to download directly to your iPad, Tablet or Computer.
Houses in Ozone Park.
