Some people have a passion for music. Some have a passion for reading. Others have a passion for film and television. Here at Lennar, we have a passion for rooflines. That’s why we wanted to share a fun new poster, designed by Pop Chart Lab, that shows how architectural styles have changed – and in some ways remained the same – from the Colonial era in the 1600s to today. Which architectural styles have stood the test of time, which styles have disappeared, and which styles have been reintroduced through the years? This article from Fast Company highlights the creation of the poster.
From post-Medieval English to McMansions, domestic architecture in the United States is as diverse as its denizens. A new poster from Pop Chart Lab makes identifying them easier and offers a glimpse of over 300 years of design history in a single, beautifully illustrated graphic.
“After the success of our two prints celebrating the architectural achievements of iconic structures around the world – The Schematic of Structure and The Splendid Structures of New York – we decided to examine the elegance of the home,” the team at Pop Chart Lab said.
The designers embarked on a comprehensive research project to discover the changing traits of houses – how the rooflines morphed through the decades, how architects mined the past for new styles, and how the houses we come to know today evolved from a complex lineage.
Pop Chart Labs hops the poster fosters “a general appreciation and respect for American design evolution for the home over the past 400 years” and that viewers will “learn more about an interesting topic that we see in everyday life.”
