Philosophy and style resonates with us today.Īrts and Crafts style is more about how and why something is made than For that reason the Arts & Crafts Movement Movement.' It would be about the simplicity, honesty, and inherentīeauty in a design, rather than about flash, sizzle, shallowness, quantity,Īnd size we see all around us.

Today a similar movement would probably be called the 'Slow Design Use of ornamentation in conjunction with a high degree of craftsmanshipĪnd excellent quality materials. The essential difference is the streamlined simplicity and almost spartan The example above was designed by architect William Northrop Dudley as his residence in Waverly, Massachusetts and featured in House Beautiful in 1908. The Tudor style including half-timbering, stucco siding combined with shingle,Ĭantilevered or projecting second stories, and bands of small-paned casement They share a number of design details in common with

Staining was often preferred over painted finishes indoors and outĪrts and Crafts style houses are often large and rambling with distinctive,Ĭomplex floor plans.

Vertical board doors at entries, sometimes with carved beams.

Exterior window trim is minimal or nonexistent Small scale casement windows often with small leaded panes, sometimes.Siding is often wood shingled, but brick and stucco were also used.

Multiple, steeply pitched gabled roofs with upper roofs extended to.Asymmetrical, often with complex plans, extensions, or cantilevered.Styles Arts & Crafts Style - 1880 to 1920

Arts and crafts building style