20 Section 1 Architectural Drafting Fundamentals
Several mail-order house catalogs offered their
versions of the Craftsman bungalow. The demand
resulted in the development of several different
designs. These included the California bungalow,
Chicago bungalow, Milwaukee bungalow, and
Michigan bungalow, to name a few.
Prairie
The Prairie style, created by a group of
Chicago architects, was a true American style
designed to meet the needs of the American
people. Architect Louis H. Sullivan started the
movement with his ideals on “form follows
function,” open interior spaces, and merging
architecture with nature. The most noted Prairie
architect, however, was Frank Lloyd Wright.
Sullivan, Wright, and others formed a group
now known as the “Prairie School.”
Their belief was a house should refl ect not
the past, but the time in which it was built.
Bungalow
Gustav Stickley, an Arts and Crafts furniture
designer and publisher, was a major infl uence on
the Craftsman movement in America. Stickley
promoted the idea that a house has natural char-
acter when it is built in its simplest form using
local materials. The natural character allows the
house to blend with its surrounding landscape.
Stickley promoted the Craftsman bungalow
style in his magazine The Craftsman. The Craftsman
bungalow was a rectangular one- or one-and-
one-half-story dwelling, usually with a low-sloping
gable roof with a wide overhang, and a full
or partial porch. See Figure 1-21. On the main
fl oor, all the rooms were placed around a cen-
trally located living room, usually with a fi re-
place. The adjoining rooms were connected to
each other. The dining room, kitchen, bathroom,
and often a bedroom were located on the main
fl oor. Additional bedrooms were located on the
second fl oor.
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Figure 1-21. The Craftsman bungalow was a one- or one-and-one-half-story building with most of the rooms on
the main floor and a wide porch along the front of the house.
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