THE HOUSE THAT I LOVE

CHARACTERISTICS

• Roof: steeply pitched and complex.
• Towers: square, round or polygonal.
• Windows: typically bay window
• Lower window is single pane of glass,upper may have suit
• Entrance :Single-story, wrap-around porches.

HISTORY

• In 1800—1900, is the peak period of Queen Anne style.
• In 1831—1912, Queen Anne style got popularized in England
• In 1874–75, the first important expression rose in Newport,Rhode Island
• many Americans first saw the Queen Anne style at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1875.
• in 1875, where the British government built several houses in that style.

HOW THE CORRECT HOME IS THAT STYLE

• Eclecticism, asymmetry, contrast, and even excess
• Elaborate motifs decorated gables.
• Every building sported a variety of surface textures
• spandrel panels and almost flat surface.

ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF DESIGHN

• Bottom half of building using horizontal or vertical line
• Main exterior color is warm color.
• Roofs and corner tower is random rhythm

WHY CHOSEN THIS STYLE

• I like warm color exterior.
• Complex roofs and walls
• Corner tower is fancy