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Posted by ++ on June 21, 2007, 11:53 pm
++ wrote:
> Donald Newcomb wrote:
>
>> I apologize for "parachuting" into this group but I'm trying to learn if
>> there is a generally accepted name for the style of housing architecture
>> that is currently popular in the USA.
>
>
> Dual garage frontal? (the garages are often the forward and
> irritatingly menacing element) Megacottagic? Cementboardorific? (and
> the extremelylimited color palette that goes with cement board)
> Gablemanical? (what you are decribing below.)
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spelling eror - Gablemaniacal.
the color palette comes from the cheapest Hardie board or clone. Ex.
http://www.jameshardie.com/homeowner/prodhome/default.php
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>> These houses are typically very
>> vertical with high-pitched roofs. Multiple (often unnecessary) roof
>> lines,
>> giving them a layered appearance. Narrow eaves. Turrets, gables, etc.
>> They
>> stand in total contrast to modern architecture, ranch style houses
>> and the
>> prairie school and seem to emphasize form over function. The only
>> names I've
>> heard for this style are pejorative, such as "Yuppie Pseudo Victorian",
>> "Kitsch Neo Gothic", etc. I was wondering if there is a name for this
>> architectural style that is not derogatory?
>>
>>
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