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Milwaukee has two forms of characteristic building. Cream City Brick is still commonly found in older commercial buildings. And around WWII, Lannon Stone became very popular for residential. Both,still today, give Milwaukeee a unique appearance. Both, with their beige color, express the tone of the locally available materials.
In Texas, the "Hill Country" facade is something not evident much outside of Texas. Tin roof, limestone siding, maybe with some wood touches;
As another poster said, Adobe style in NM;
New Orleans/Gulf Coast/Low Country homes;
In the Southwest U.S (Texas to California) - Spanish Tile/Stucco.
Yup. Pretty much this.
There are exceptions of course - you can find tract housing which gets a little boring in any of these sections.
The least interesting is the vast swath of awkward-looking stuff from the northeast through much of the Midwest and often even out to the inter mountain West and PNW - siding on what can often be chunky looking weirdness. This gets less and less the case the further west you go.
A lot of people associate Silicon Valley with bland suburban sprawl. There are actually a lot of neighborhoods in San Jose and the surrounding cities with older neighborhoods like this though. This is Palm Haven in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood.
There are definitely pockets in Santa Clara County, but you're more likely to see cookie cutter neighborhoods. The one that I grew up in was built in the mid 60's, and every single house was the same platform/layout with the only difference among them being whether they were 3 or 4 bedrooms & minor facade treatments.
Baltimore undoubtedly has interesting residential architecture that's historic. Here are some examples of modern residential architecture in the city that I find really interesting...
You really dont think that there's been anything interesting built in NYC since the war? Come on now that's crazy talk
Yeah— lots of white brick buildings, Trumpy glitz, glassy high rises, a couple Gehry showstoppers but nothing worth a journey. As compared to nearly everything built before WWII that’s still standing.
NYC will always be my favorite city for residential architecture
It has a classic, intense urban vibe that you don't find in much of the US
Its alright. I think a lot of cities do it better than NYC. Its top 5.. but, number one? Nope.
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