Home Design

Contemporary homes first gained popularity in the mid to late 1900s and have become increasingly common since then.
This architectural category includes a lot of different house shapes and styles. Some Contemporary homes have Postmodern influences and others have Neoeclectic elements.
The key to identifying a true Contemporary home is the presence of many tall windows. These [...]

Ranch Style homes go by many names, including American Ranch, Western Ranch, and California Rambler.
These homes first gained popularity in the mid 1900s. Ranch Style is a direct descendant of the Prairie Box home design.
As with Prairie Box homes the stress in designing ranch style homes was on economical design and use of available building [...]

Inspired by the great Villas of Italy, in America the Italianate home architecture style has been a popularly used home design theme for more than a century.

The arts and crafts style of home architecture evolved in California during the early to mid 20th century and is heavily influenced by Asian design aesthetics.

Gothic Revival style homes became popular in American during the late 19th century and typically feature a flat roof, two or more stories tall and Gothic style parapets or battlements.

Timeless and elegant, the Georgian Colonial style of home architecture and design typically features window shutters, a low pitched hip roof and rectangular shape.

Low and angular, the prairie home style of architecture is credited to Frank Lloyd Wright and is influenced by Japanese design aesthetics.

Queen Anne home design, which is one of many offshoots of Victorian style, was most popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The advent of mass-production allowed for creation of fancy trims and woodwork at a reasonable price.
Queen Annes are multi-story, sometimes rising as large as two, three, or even four stories tall.
They’re usually irregular [...]

Formal and elegant, the Federal style home features a symmetrical, usually rectangular shape and two or even three floors.

Featuring four rooms on each floor and typically a large central dormer above the main door, homes with foursquare floor plans are popular in the Arts and Crafts, Prairie and Farmhouse styles of architecture.

With sleek lines and a flat roof without eaves, the Moderne home architectural style became popular during the mid 20th century.

Sometimes adorned with columns, Greek Revival or Classic Colonial style homes are elegant and timeless.

The cape cod is a traditional home style evolved from the English style of house, designed to stand up to the harsh weather of New England and featuring steeply pitched roof lines and exterior window shutters.

Soapstone has made a strong comeback in recent years and has been showing a lot up in designer showcase kitchens. Resistant to water and stains, soapstone is a great choice if you want a natural stone countertop that’s different than all those marble and granite kitchens out there.

So, how do you put an entire home into only 36 square meters (387.5 square feet)?
Designed by Luigi Colani, the prototype Rotor House features some pretty ingenious space saving to fit kitchen, bathroom, sleeping quarters an a little spare living space into the ultra compact living space.
Taking a page from the mobile home and boating [...]