French Style Architecture By Justin Huang Architecture Ms

French Style Architecture By Justin Huang Architecture; Ms. Carlisle

French Style Architecture The design had its origins in the style of rural manor homes built by the French nobles during the reign of Louis XIV in the mid 1600 s. Popular in the 1920 s and 1960. Two-stories with high roof lines Mainly used stone and stained glass; mainly limestone for building. This grand stone mansion, the 1914 Pittock Mansion near Portland, Oregon, combines a variety of French styles by American architect Edward T. Foulkes

French Style Architecture La Lanterne, the country home of the president of France House on Cote de Texas

Features of French Architecture Distinctive features: heavy timber frame of logs installed vertically on a sill, raised basement, a steep hipped roof, with a dormer or dormers, or a side-gabled roof. Residential **Dominated by its roof The key element in this style is simplicity and understatement.

Features of French Architecture (Continued) A dormer is a window that is set vertically on a sloping roof. The dormer has its own roof, which may be flat, arched, or pointed. A hip (or hipped) roof slopes down to the eaves on all four sides, forming a horizontal "ridge. "

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