Cuboidal homes

"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti) 10/20/2019 at 15:08 • Filed to: None

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in my hood, ranked.

A very nice, classy cuboidal home. I really like this house. From the classy agave and Spanish white paint to the nice cactus garden. It oozes the desert aesthetic.

Now for the homes I don’t like. I mean, they’re nice houses, but why would you knock down classic, desert brick homes in order to put up these cheaply made wood and foam houses? These houses belong in LA, not Arizona. Also, big ass windows and black

Don’t get me wrong, these are very nice homes, but they look cheap next to their classic brick neighbors. I’m a poor and live in the smaller brick homes lower down on the hill.

fintail > DipodomysDeserti 10/20/2019 at 15:28

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That second one has a strong PNW mcmodern vibe, and I don’t mean that in a good way.  The trendy techdorks around here are building those things right and left, I think the style is neck and neck with the ever popular faux craftsman (with faux farmhouse a new trend as well).

I like the desert landscaping.

SiennaMan > DipodomysDeserti 10/20/2019 at 15:30

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As time goes by, and especially as people move out of places like LA, you'll see more of those modernist houses, especially someplace like AZ that is also desert..

AestheticsInMotion > DipodomysDeserti 10/20/2019 at 16:12

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That first home is gorgeous. I do like the window box in the 3rd picture too

DipodomysDeserti > SiennaMan 10/20/2019 at 16:34

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My neighborhood is one of the last few bastions in Phoenix, but they’re creeping in.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > DipodomysDeserti 10/20/2019 at 17:37

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All of these look very Arizona to me.

A lot of the noobs in SoCal are demolishing traditional SoCal/Los Angeles homes, too, then building huge Asian style houses that don’t fit in at all.

The coolest houses in SoCal, IMHO, are the Spanish colonial style ones, with plaster inside & out (common on all older houses in LA) with big atriums, heavy wood beams, and wrought iron. I would gladly live in one of those, though I suspect they’re dangerous in a major earthquake.

xc90v8/I4 :( > DipodomysDeserti 10/20/2019 at 17:38

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non american here

what do you mean by “ cheaply made wood and foam houses”?

isn’t most of this concrete? Would be where I live

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > xc90v8/I4 :( 10/20/2019 at 17:53

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Traditionally I think most desert homes were brick or concrete. however outside of the desert area 90% of homes in teh US are framed in wood, as wood is cheap .

DipodomysDeserti > xc90v8/I4 :( 10/20/2019 at 18:40

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The first house is brick, the second two are wood structure that they board up and paint. If they were’t single family homes they’d probably be concrete.

DipodomysDeserti > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 10/20/2019 at 18:49

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All the older houses (100 years or older) in Arizona are the same Spanish style as the ones in southern California. Love that style. My grandma owned  in one in downtown Phoenix for a while. Unfortunately the prices in the historic neighborhoods sky rocketed, and the yuppies have done the same thing here.

xc90v8/I4 :( > DipodomysDeserti 10/20/2019 at 18:51

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Wow that’s insane. I knew you guys build crap like this even in tornado areas... but that third picture with the overhang... I always thought the crap was just one floor buildings for “poor people”

DipodomysDeserti > xc90v8/I4 :( 10/20/2019 at 18:55

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That third picture could be concrete, not sure. The second one definitely isn’t as I’ve watched them build it over the last few years. Where do you live? I’ve travelled in Europe pretty extensively and saw wood houses everywhere.

xc90v8/I4 :( > DipodomysDeserti 10/20/2019 at 18:58

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Switzerland. And yes there are some wood houses here too. I think it even gained popularity over the last few years. But that’s not “cheap wood and foam” but expensive wood and stuff

Snooder87 > xc90v8/I4 :( 10/20/2019 at 22:48

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Nah, concrete houses are  very rare in the US.

Most houses here are built with stick and frame. Even the multimillion dollar ones. I think some of it is because it is much quicker to build, but there are also some benefits for insulation and tempe rature regulation, i think.

facw > xc90v8/I4 :( 10/21/2019 at 00:36

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New construction is definitely a bit of a pejorative. This is a new house near where I lived in Houston:

An expensive place, probably at least a $ 2M house. Unfortunately street view didn’t capture much of the construction , but as I recall, aside from one bit with big steel beams to create an open space, it was almost all wood framed with plywood panels making up the exterior walls, which were then (after months sitting exposed to the elements) covered in some barrier material:

And then at some point much later, getting whatever that white facade material is.

DipodomysDeserti > xc90v8/I4 :( 10/21/2019 at 11:16

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Here the wood is cheap because there is still a lot of it and the feds sell forests for cheap, but it’s largely the same quality of wood. They fill the frames with foam for increased insulation.