Bungalow Style Architecture
When the term bungalow is used to describe architecture, one thing is certain. A bungalow style house always has a large front porch, without exception. The homes characteristically also have low-pitched roofs and very open floor plans. But architects and art historians do not necessarily agree that those two features are absolutely required to qualify the structure as a bungalow.
The Craftsman movement in the first half of the 20th Century produced the awe-inspiring beauty of the bungalow house in America. However, that movement was spawned by the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 1880s. William Morris, an English reformer, helped start that movement as the result of weariness he experienced due to the vast amount of Victorian architecture he found throughout the country. His desire was to revive handicrafts. He wanted to view things created with the hands instead of things created by machines. Thus was birthed the era of the Craftsman bungalow home.
Natural materials like wood, stone and brick are all common elements used to construct bungalows. Additionally, a fireplace is almost always found as a predominant feature in this style of architecture.
Downtown Phoenix boasts of being a hot spot of bungalows.
