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Sunday, December 2. 2007

Bungalow of the Week, No. 3

This unusual Japanese-styled bungalow comes from the Highlands neighborhood of Birmingham, AL. I have seen a few foursquare houses with roofs designed in a vaguely oriental style in Nashville, but no bungalows with anything close to this level of Asian influence.  Surprisingly, the Japanese styling is a good fit for the quintessentially American bungalow, which shares the traditional Japanese emphasis on asymmetry, overhanging eaves, and exposed beams and rafters.

 

Posted by The Dylanologist in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 16:25 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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excellent paragraph--not a word wasted expressing the idea.
#1 buddy larsen on 2007-12-02 19:08 (Reply)
A nice compliment to ya there. Dyl.

Nice house, too. A cozy, welcoming home.
#2 BD on 2007-12-03 10:07 (Reply)
What were you doing in the Highlands area?
#3 Granddaddy Long Legs (Link) on 2007-12-03 13:51 (Reply)
He ain't gonna tell you.
#3.1 BD on 2007-12-05 09:11 (Reply)
This home is actually in the Forest Park neighborhood, though it does in fact face the golf course at Highland Park. Forest Park was primarily developed through the mid 'teens and 1920's; Highland Park which was primarily developed in the 1890's. The homes in Forest Park are a varied mix of 2 and 3 bedroom bungalows, Craftsman 4 squares and revival styles (Old English, French Normandy, Spanish Mission, Colonial, Dutch Colonial, etc... and and an occasional Swiss chalet!)
#4 Vulcan's Ghost on 2009-12-23 12:56 (Reply)

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