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Cape Cod–style house c. 1920. The Cape Cod house is defined as the classic North American house. In the original design, Cape Cod houses had the following features: symmetry, steep roofs, central chimneys, windows at the door, flat design, one to one-and-a-half stories, narrow stairways, and simple exteriors.
Edith Hughes establishes her own architectural practice, in Glasgow, the first British woman to do so. In the first issue of the Purist art magazine L' Esprit Nouveau co-founded by him, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris adopts the pseudonym Le Corbusier .
The storybook style is a nod toward Hollywood design technically called Provincial Revivalism and more commonly called Fairy Tale or Hansel and Gretel.While there is no specific definition of what makes a house storybook style, the main factor may be a sense of playfulness and whimsy.
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The Art Deco style, which originated in France just before World War I, had an important impact on architecture and design in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.The most notable examples are the skyscrapers of New York City, including the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and Rockefeller Center.
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Ephemeral architecture; Eastlake Style 1879–1905 New England; Egyptian Revival architecture 1809–1820s, 1840s, 1920s; Elizabethan architecture (1533–1603) Empire 1804–1814, 1870 revival; English Baroque 1666 (Great Fire) – 1713 (Treaty of Utrecht) Expressionist architecture 1910 – c. 1924; Farmhouse; Federal architecture 1780–1830 US
Florida cracker style house. Florida cracker architecture or Southern plantation style is a style of vernacular architecture typified by a low slung, wood-frame house, with a large porch. It was widespread in the 19th and early 20th century. Some elements of the style are still popular as a source of design themes.