bungalow style

Low-slung residential design

Bungalow style refers to a type of residential architecture popular in the early twentieth century, characterized by low-pitched roofs, wide eaves, covered front porches, and an emphasis on horizontal lines.

The style emphasizes simplicity, craftsmanship, and integration with the surrounding landscape.

They bought a Craftsman bungalow style home built in 1920.

The term extends to interior design and furniture associated with these houses.

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dormer · shingle · arts and crafts · colonial · low-pitched · eaves · cozy · quaint · exposed beams · wood trim · built-ins · prairie · rustic · wooden · charming · single-story · mission · siding

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architectural formality and ornamentation

bungalow styleVictorian style

Ornate nineteenth-century British aesthetic

Queen Anne style · Georgian style · Beaux-Arts · Italianate · ornate

vertical scale and massing

bungalow stylehigh-rise

Multistory tall building

multi-story · townhouse · Victorian mansion · tower house · skyscraper

design philosophy and era

bungalow styleInternational Style

Functionalist architecture movement, 1920s

neoclassical · Colonial Revival · Victorian · Bauhaus · McMansion

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