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 1600s Popular in the 1920s and 1960 ID: 644365
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "French Style Architecture" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
French Style Architecture
By Justin Huang
Architecture; Ms. CarlisleSlide2
French Style ArchitectureThe 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 1600s. Popular in the 1920s and 1960.
Two-stories
with high roof
linesMainly 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. FoulkesSlide3
French Style Architecture
House on
Cote de Texas
La
Lanterne
, the country home of the president of FranceSlide4
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
**
D
ominated
by its roof
The key element in this style is simplicity and understatement.Slide5
Features of French Architecture (Continued)
A hip (or hipped) roof slopes down to the eaves on all four sides, forming a horizontal "ridge."
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.Slide6
BibliographyFrench Colonial. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Colonial>. "French Provincial Architecture."
Art Now and Then
. Web. <http://art-now-and-then.blogspot.com/2013/03/french-provincial-architecture.html>.