Take a fanciful Mediterranean villa and pare down the curlicues to more contemporary, streamlined forms and you’ll have a Mediterranean Modern style home.
Mediterranean Modern, or Neo-Mediterranean style house, plans represent a movement towards
modern style
and simplicity while retaining the tropical allure of their predecessors. In plan, a Mediterranean Modern home design may resemble a
ranch
house, with a
single story
and a low-pitched roof, and restrained details borrowed from the Mediterranean styles, like arched window and door openings, red tile roofs, and stucco walls. The style is popular in
Florida
,
Texas
,
Arizona
, and other Sunbelt states, where they appeal to a wide range of homeowners.
Architectural features:
-
One
or
two
story plans with low-pitched red tile roofs
- Minimal decorative details
- Arched openings
- Stucco exterior walls
