If the words “ranch-style house” make you think of a single-story residence with a low, long profile perched relatively close to ground level and with outdoor space devoted to a patio or porch, then ...

Louisiana has several architectural features and home styles for those interested in its real estate. Acadian-style homes, colonial homes, cottages, craftsman homes, farmhouses, French country-style ...

A ranch is a single-story house distinguished by a low-profile design, wide-open layout, and an asymmetrical facade while accenting the relationship between indoor and outdoor living. Ranches, also ...

“Form ever follows function, and this is the law,” coined architect Louis Sullivan. Almost two decades passed after Sullivan’s 1924 death before one of the best examples of his maxim swept the ...

Most baby boomers have lived in a ranch-style house. Nine out of 10 midcentury homes were a version of the rambling architectural style inspired by California’s early haciendas. In the 1950s through ...

The American ranch house has for decades been dismissed as the real estate equivalent of the TV dinner—mass-produced, bland and outmoded. Recently, though, home buyers are warming to the humble legacy ...