Styles of Architecture ....... Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Styles of Architecture ....... Illustrated Architecture
Dictionary
Ranch
A rambling one-story house, found from the 1930s on, but especially popular during the 1950s and 1960s, particularly in the West; usually designed to emphasize the width of the facade
Typically characterized by the following:
- An asymmetrical plan
- A low-pitched roof with eaves having a moderate-to-\vide overhang
- A hipped, cross-gabled, or side-gabled roof
- Exposed rafters
- Exterior wall cladding of stucco, brick, wood, or some combination thereof
- Ribbon windows
- Windows decorated with shutters
- Frequently, glass sliding doors at the side or rear of the house that open onto a porch or patio
- Usually has an attached garage
Examples from Buffalo architecture
- Illustration above: 390 LeBrun Road, AMHERST
