The ranch home would like your attention, but it might need some work
These long, single-level homes embodied easy living without aesthetic risk.
Mar 30, 2026
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How the hopeful (if rare) International style came to be
Houses built in this blocky, stark style are not the easiest structures to maintain.
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How Federal-style architecture came to define a new nation's residential landscape
The aesthetic captured the hearts and minds of Americans and their presidents
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The US has Carpenter Gothic design to thank for some of its gingerbread cottages
The 19th-century movement offered smaller homes with lots of icing-like details.
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For some buyers, Georgian homes offer lasting appeal
These rational, highly symmetrical homes were popular in the 18th century.
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What makes an Italianate home such a chef's kiss
These homes are known for ornate cornices, bracketed roofs and narrow windows.
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Wondering whether it's a Second Empire home? Just look at the roof.
These 19th-century homes evoked modernity and innovation.
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The humble Chicago bungalow is more than a century old and still beloved
The city’s small brick houses with low-pitched roofs evolved from their California cousin.
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What is a midcentury modern house?
These flat-roofed, simple homes offered an alternative to ornament-heavy styles popular in the 19th century.
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What is a Mediterranean Revival-style house?
These light-colored residences offered the promise of a different lifestyle.
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What makes for a successful modern farmhouse?
Hint: It uses 'humble materials that are honest.'
May 15, 2025