Winter 2017 ARTS & CRAFTS HOMES| 19“After half a century dominated by low,
broad, one-story houses with simple unclut-
tered roof lines and underplayed entries, a
dramatic new form of house virtually ex-
ploded from the drawing boards of building
designers and spread quickly...during the
1990s. Sporting a roof form seen only once
before—on exuberant Queen Anne and
Romanesque houses just before the turn
of the 20th century—Millennium Mansion
roofs added even more complexity, as if to
celebrate the new millennium with still more
drama...These complicated roofs can be
thought of as crowns, or, more satirically, as
the Future Roofers of America Relief Act.”
“...typical Hispanic design elements were
borrowed and freely adapted to adorn
traditional shapes. It was not uncommon for
a typical four-square shape, with massive
square porch supports and double-hung
windows, to have a tile roof and one or
more shaped parapets added to create a
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examples, however, the forms of the early
missions, including twin bell towers and
elaborate arcades, were faithfully followed
in domestic designs. In still other examples,
innovative architects designed Mission
buildings with many features borrowed from
the contemporary Craftsman and Prairie
movements; some even anticipate...the
International style.”
Selected excerpts from
A Field Guide to American Houses“Almost 80 percent
of the [extant] houses
in the United States
today were built
after 1940.”
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