Architectural Styles
Bungalow and Prairie style
Bungalow Style
A one-story house, cottage or cabin. Bungalows are generally small in terms of square footage.
Characteristics
- Sparse Decorations
- Natural Material
- 1 to 1 1/2 stories
- Dormer Windows
- Easy Access to outdoor spaces
- Often small with built in features
- Entry Typically straight to living room
- Large Porch
- Originally from India, now throughout the world
- Era 1900-1940
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Prairie Style
A style of domestic architecture often characterized by a two story height with strong horizontal lines
Characteristics
- Over Hanging Eaves
- Horizontal lines
- Central chimney
- Open Floor Pans
- Clerestory Windows
- Built to blend in with flat prairie landscape
- Windows set in groups
- Uses a variety of geometric shapes
- Era: 1900-1920
Pennsylvania
Oregon
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England
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Texas
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Common Features
- Horizontal Shapes
- Low Pitches roofs
- Open floor plans
- Built in Furniture
- Sloping roofs
Comparison Statement
While researching the two styles of architecture Bungalow and Prairie I found they were similar in ways that I would not have thought. But a way the two are different with most notably the bungalow being small and mainly 1 to 1 ½ stories tall and the prairie being most of the time 2 stories. They were similar in that they were both open floor plans with built in furniture with low pitched roofs and a few other details. Both these styles besides their differences are quite similar in some aspects and were very interesting to research. We prefer the Bungalow style because it is a very simple design and a small limited halway house
Spencer and Martin
4th period
Principles of Architecture
9/23/15