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Home Styles In The Bay Area

December 5, 2022 by Dale Corpus Leave a Comment

The ever-popular bay area is booming with incredible architectural styles. They are all unique and represent different periods in history. The Bay area in particular has a rich structural history.

Mid-century Modern Homes

Mid-century Modern Homes

Many architects played a role in the Mid-Century Modern homes. These types of homes are typically found in Virginia and Maryland.

Mid-century modern homes are known to be extremely beautiful. They have indoor and outdoor living space ideas. You will commonly see glass walls, clean lines, sharp points, and low-pitched roofs. These homes have an open floor plan. Mid-century modern homes encompass ranch-style, split-level, contemporary, and shed-style homes.

Eichler Homes

This is a very common and widely known architectural style in the Bay Area. The Eichler Network founded by Joseph Eichler is who fabricated about 11,000 single-family homes in California from 1900 to 1974. These homes are seen all across the east bay area. They include open floor plans with post and beam construction. These homes are known for their quality architecture at an affordable price range.

Italianate

Italian architectural styles are known to be picturesque. Modeling large weighty sections and ornamented windows. Typically you will see large entryways and an influence of renaissance architecture too.

This style was a big part of the 19th century. When you see this style in the bay, you will notice it is a wood base structure as opposed to the many stone structures.

Stick Houses

Stick Houses feature wooden beams along the house. These homes are inspired by European Gothic trends. These homes were widely popular in the bay area in the late 1800s.

Craftsman

A craftsman’s architectural style became popular during the same time as manufactured homes. Craftsman homes are more affordable. These homes have low-pitched peak rooftops, and high-quality stone or carpentry.

Marina

The marina-style home was specifically designed in the Marina district in San Francisco. This style of home has mission revival and deco influences.  This style of home is a single-family with flat roofs. You see this mostly along the Richmond and Sunset Districts.

In Conclusion

As you search for your bay area home keep in mind that you will see a wide variety of architectural styles and try to decipher what you like so you can narrow down your search. With all of these options, you are sure to find the home of your dreams.

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