Architectural Styles

The ranch home would like your attention, but it might need some work

These long, single-level homes embodied easy living without aesthetic risk.

How the hopeful (if rare) International style came to be

Houses built in this blocky, stark style are not the easiest structures to maintain.

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

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.

For some buyers, Georgian homes offer lasting appeal

These rational, highly symmetrical homes were popular in the 18th century.

What makes an Italianate home such a chef's kiss

These homes are known for ornate cornices, bracketed roofs and narrow windows.

Wondering whether it's a Second Empire home? Just look at the roof.

These 19th-century homes evoked modernity and innovation.

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.

What is a midcentury modern house?

These flat-roofed, simple homes offered an alternative to ornament-heavy styles popular in the 19th century.

What is a Mediterranean Revival-style house?

These light-colored residences offered the promise of a different lifestyle.