1965 - Present: Neo-mediterranean
Picture Dictionary of House Styles in North America and Beyond
Details from Spain, Italy, and other Mediterranean countries combine with North American ideas to create contemporary
Spanish and Italian details mingle with contemporary styling in Neo-mediterranean style homes.Neo-mediterranean is a Neoeclectic house style that incoporates a fanciful mix of details suggested by the architecture of Spain, Italy, and Greece, Morocco, and the Spanish Colonies. Realtors often call Neo-mediterrean houses Mediterranean or Spanish.
Neo-mediterranean houses have many of these features:
Low-pitched roof
Red roof tiles
Stucco siding
Arches above doors, windows, or porches
Heavy carved wooden