Wednesday 30 August 2017

'H' IS FOR HOUSE

California bungalow is a style of residential architecture that was popular across the United States, and to varying extents elsewhere, from around 1910 to 1939. Parts of Australia, particularly the east coast and some southern regions, share a similar climate to California. These environmental similarities, combined with the increasing influence of Hollywood and its promotion of American culture, shifted Australia’s architectural gaze from Britain to the US.

The decorative Arts and Crafts design movement of the same period also influenced the California Bungalow architecture, which favoured the use of natural materials and championed craftsmanship over industrialised techniques. Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs offer some excellent examples of Arts and Crafts American architecture. California Bungalows follow a simpler floor plan than earlier architectural styles, centred around an entrance hallway and leaning towards open-plan living.

Here is a lovely example in weatherboard in our neighbourhood in Melbourne's inner northeastern suburbs.

This post is part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.

10 comments:

  1. Very pretty! Teresa from NanaHood

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  2. niceeeeee house as garden aswel

    Please have a ♥-warming ABC-day / -week
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  3. It's gorgeous! Arts & Crafts is my FAVORITE style!!!!

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  4. Wonderful home you haveand looks great too!!
    Have a nice ABC~week.
    Daphne, ABC~team
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  5. I love this home--perfect style.
    Ann

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  6. Such a lovely home.
    Thanks for linking up at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2017/08/lucky-shot.html

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  7. I'd love a house like that one. I usually go on the Galveston Historic Home Tour each year and there's usually at least one little bungalow. I always enjoy the homes I could picture myself living in.

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