Talk:List of house styles

Untitled
This is a strange article. I don't know what the original point was. I've changed it into something a little more coherent, but it could use a lot more work. If house styles from other countries can't be added, shouldn't the title be changed?

Mothperson 17:13, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * I added a bunch of disambiguated links to improve things a bit... and the House styles category, which I've been working on (largely before even finding this page (doh!), but the results were about the same). I suppose a name change might be in order... they're all American/Western European styles, but they are creeping around the world I imagine.  --W.marsh 17:05, 9 August 2005 (UTC)


 * I've wondered about that. The creeping, I mean.  I appreciate your improvements.  --Mothperson cocoon 17:15, 9 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Over time I've radically improved and lengthened the article Architectural_style. This could now be merged into it. All House style is a subset of architectural style generally, and the same styles have been applied to houses, commercial and civic buildings, etc. It is the style that matters, not the function of the building. Bards (talk) 19:39, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Multiple Links
Is it really necessary to have three links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudorbethan_architecture right next to each other? Pharod42 05:53, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Merge talk
If interested, see Talk:List of house types where I've posted a comment about merging the two articles --W.marsh 21:45, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Add Styles
Austin Style - popular in Texas. Involves local lime stone, local red clay brick and lots of local natural cedar on the exterior as well as hipped roofs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.170.212.28 (talk) 19:03, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Type not style
House, like any building, can only be categorized by type, never by style; style is something which can be applied to any type of house/building - this is what they teach you in arch school. However, I noticed that this common mistake in categorization is prevalent online, sometime even in some official org. lingo. (There is entire Guide for house style printed by historical preservation office at Longbeach.org - and since they, historical preservation office, must have bunch of experts in art and arch with them, it is mindboggling.) ౪ Santa ౪  99°  18:25, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia goes by what reputable sources say. Can you demonstrate that the majority of reputable sources make that distinction? - Donald Albury 21:53, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
 * "House.... can only be categorized by type, never by style" - I'm not at all not convinced that's true. Obscurasky (talk) 08:59, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Foursquare house
The picture is not a Foursquare house. Foursquare houses have hipped roofs. 174.17.163.219 (talk) 16:46, 29 December 2022 (UTC)