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Style 101: Queen Anne

The Queen Anne style originates in late 19th-century England and was named by Richard Norman Shaw. It is unclear why he selected the term “Queen Anne” since the style’s aesthetic is not from the reign of England’s Queen Anne but rather from earlier Elizabethan and Jacobean England.

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Style 101: Minimal Traditional

The Minimal Traditional style often gets overlooked as a “non-style” but is in fact a deliberate style designed to be simple, economical, and mass-producible. These cost-effective, small houses came into vogue during the Great Depression since they could be built with Federal Housing Administration insured home loans. During World War II, Minimal Traditional houses could […]

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2016 Mission Hills Heritage Design Award – Schwab Reconstruction

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