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CibbuanoHousing Styles – Early Modern
July 11th 2006 00:19
The early modern style of housing became popular after the Great Depression of the 1930s and was a housing style that prevailed until the 1940s. Early modern style house were generally single storey detached houses, set well back from the street on fairly large blocks. The exterior and interior styling exhibit a simplicity of style that represent the economic stringency and the move towards modernism. Building forms are simple and fairly austere with limited embellishment, although the influence of a number of decorative styles such as Spanish Mission, Georgian Revival and Art Deco are apparent. They were a very modern looking style for the time and inspired by a German movement known called Bauhaus. According to Wikipedia Bauhaus architecture was founded on the fundamentals of functional and clinical design. Early modern housing is most common in Victoria and regional Melbourne areas.
This image was created in Australia and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G23
The picture about depicts a heritage house, Burnham Beeches built near Melbourne, Australia, in the 1930s and depicts the a typical grand style of Eraly Modern housing.
From the street, Early Modern style houses can be identified by the wide areas of lawn and the use of narrow perimeter garden beds having trimmed hedges and small shrubs. The off street driveways invariably had two wheel strips. It was the first time Australian urban architecture dabbled with red or cream brick walls and it was also the found time when concrete was first used as an aesthetic part of the design. The front fences commonly featured brickwork some with decorated wrought iron panels. The front fence was generally a predominant feature of the property and included matching decorative front fences, and a featured roof affect. Zig Zag patterns are popular in Early Modern architecture. It is common to find a theme of Art Deco zigzag patterning in the brickwork on eaves, stepped arches over entry porches and chimneys.
Internally, the Early Modern architecture continued any motifs and brickwork themes throughout the internal exposed structure. Art Deco or other design motifs were replicated on glass doors to living and dining rooms, and in cornices and ceiling mouldings. Paint schemes were decorative and featured lighter shades and brighter tones.
Image from Wikipedia
This image was created in Australia and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G23
The picture about depicts a heritage house, Burnham Beeches built near Melbourne, Australia, in the 1930s and depicts the a typical grand style of Eraly Modern housing.
From the street, Early Modern style houses can be identified by the wide areas of lawn and the use of narrow perimeter garden beds having trimmed hedges and small shrubs. The off street driveways invariably had two wheel strips. It was the first time Australian urban architecture dabbled with red or cream brick walls and it was also the found time when concrete was first used as an aesthetic part of the design. The front fences commonly featured brickwork some with decorated wrought iron panels. The front fence was generally a predominant feature of the property and included matching decorative front fences, and a featured roof affect. Zig Zag patterns are popular in Early Modern architecture. It is common to find a theme of Art Deco zigzag patterning in the brickwork on eaves, stepped arches over entry porches and chimneys.
Internally, the Early Modern architecture continued any motifs and brickwork themes throughout the internal exposed structure. Art Deco or other design motifs were replicated on glass doors to living and dining rooms, and in cornices and ceiling mouldings. Paint schemes were decorative and featured lighter shades and brighter tones.
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