split-level
Half-floors house design
Split-level describes a house design where floors are staggered at half-story intervals, connected by short flights of stairs: The split-level had the living room a few steps up from the kitchen.
Popular in American suburbs from the 1950s through 1970s, split-levels maximized space on sloping lots.
The term also works as a noun: They bought a split-level in the suburbs.
Descent's final moment
- staircaseIndoor flight of steps
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
- entrywayPassage serving as entrance
- mezzanineIntermediate story between floors
multistory · elevation · floor-plan · layout · levels · zones · blueprint · construction
Horizontal safety bar
- balustradeRail supported by posts
- landingDescent's final moment
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
- entrywayPassage serving as entrance
Fourth decade, twentieth century
- macraméFiber art using knots
- fondueShared melted dipping dish
- hi-fiQuality audio equipment
- colonial-styleEvoking early settlement architecture
Portion of something larger
- cul-de-sacStreet closed at end
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
commute · homeowners · landscaping · driveways · garages · lawns · zoning · municipal
Restoring to good condition
- updateNew version or information
- open-conceptWithout interior walls
- reimaginedConceived again differently
- convertedAltered in form or purpose
restored · flip · remodel · refresh · contemporary · makeover · vintage · revival
landing
Descent's final moment
mezzanine · multistory · elevation · floor-plan · layout · levels · zones · blueprint · construction · renovation
railing
Horizontal safety bar
- balustradeRail supported by posts
- landingDescent's final moment
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
1970s
Fourth decade, twentieth century
subdivision
Portion of something larger
- cul-de-sacStreet closed at end
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
sprawl · commute · homeowners · landscaping · driveways · garages · lawns · zoning · municipal · ranch-style
renovation
Restoring to good condition
- updateNew version or information
- open-conceptWithout interior walls
- reimaginedConceived again differently
converted · restored · flip · remodel · refresh · contemporary · makeover · vintage · revival
- house stylesbungalow, craftsman, colonial, farmhouse, ranch house
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- American Architecturecolonial, Craftsman, bungalow, ranch house, Cape Cod
- American housesranch, bungalow, colonial, Cape Cod, farmhouse
- historic dwellingsmanor house, longhouse, log cabin, farmhouse, cottage
split-levelranch
Livestock-raising estate
ranch house · single-story · rambler · bungalow · ranch-style
level, split, separate, lever, splitting, leveling, leveled, splits, levity