Ranch-style House

Ranch -style houses denotes a typical American construction of single family homes. The first ranch - style houses were built in the 1930s, their main construction period is in the 1950s and 1960s, when increasingly emerging suburbs for the generation of baby boomers. Because of the fundamental building concept - one-story house with a simple plan - they are also regarded as the successor of Shotgun Houses. Their origin is basically to see with the accessibility of the population to more and more cars and the availability of air conditioning.

Characteristic of ranch -style houses is next to the Einstöckigkeit the asymmetrical design that is often L- shaped, the simple arrangement of the rooms and the garage as an attachment. They were generally built as simple wood construction. Be criticized ranch -style houses, because they lack style.

• Residential buildings in the United States
• Local design
• Design ( residential)