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HuG Unit 3

Culture - Architecture

TermDefinition
Contemporary Architecture This type of architecture refers to building and design styles and techniques that are characteristics of a society or a region in the current time period.
Folk House Houses that reflect cultural heritage, current fashion, functional needs, and the impact of environment. The form of each house is related in part to environmental as well as social conditions.
Religious Architecture Buildings used for religious purpose, some conformity throughout major religions.
Traditional Architecture The opposite of modern architecture, denoting continuity and historical association.
Cape Cod Style They are around 1 1/2 story gabled houses, with a central chimney and shutters. There is a pitched shingled roof with siding as wither clapboard, shingle or brick.
Georgian Style (Federalist) Architecture built in North America between c. 1780 and 1830. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design in the United States of the same time period.
I-House A two-story house, built in a single-pile form, generally arranged as room-hall-room on both floors. So named because they were originally identified as a Illinois/Indiana phenomenon.
New England An early-American-style house that is simple and box-shaped. The traditional material for the exterior siding is white clapboard. A steep pitched roof is used to shed heavy snow.
Saltbox A type of New England housing style that has one long pitched roof in front and a low-angle roof in the back.
Shotgun House A narrow rectangular domestic residence, usually no more than about 12 feet wide, with rooms arranged one behind the other and doors at each end of the house. It was the most popular style of house in the Southern United States after the Civil War.
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