Design Through the Decades - Part 2
Ralph Haver was an architect in the Phoenix area for over 30 years, starting in 1945. His style of homes in the 1950s usually featured low pitch roof lines with little to no attic space and windows that were either floor-to-ceiling or placed high up on a wall. Let’s take a look at some Ralph Haver designed homes in Phoenix from the 1950s.
This first home was built in 1954. Note the windows placed high on the front wall right up to the roofline. One-car carports were common in Phoenix in the 1950s.
Also built in 1954, but this home features floor-to-ceiling windows in the front.
Built in 1957. With low sloping rooflines, there is no attic space. Homes like this oftentimes have trouble adding overhead electric (for ceiling fans or lights) if they were not pre-wired at the time of construction.
Built in 1958. Ralph Haver homes were built of concrete block or brick or both.
This home was built in 1952 and is located in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Here we can see a horizontal roof line and floor-to-ceiling windows.
For more information about Ralph Haver’s history in the Phoenix area plus a list of neighborhoods with his homes, go here. A future post will show interior views of Ralph Haver homes.
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[…] We mentioned local architect Ralph Haver in the previous 1950s Exterior Architecture post. Ralph Haver homes were known for their low pitch roof lines and floor-to-ceiling windows. This Phoenix home was designed by Ralph Haver in 1951. Extended eaves help shade the windows from the sun in the summer but allowed sunlight in the winter. […]
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4 Ronald Granillo // Jun 21, 2012 at 11:14 pm
Oh I absolutely adore these styles of houses! Ralph Haver knew my taste! Too bad 50’s styled Floor-to-Ceiling windows aren’t allowed in modern construction. Lovely pictures! Thanks for sharing.
5 Rosanne Allen - Hewlett // May 10, 2013 at 8:13 pm
A very nice overview of our residential styles here in the Valley. We are so fortunate to enjoy the vast architectural ’samplings’ that we find here, due to the strong architectural school presence here for so long. I never tire of taking in our neighborhoods.
Thanks for such a great compilation. Now on to add ‘Euro-Sonoran Style”, the term I coined for the style mix we have been building here for the past 14 years… European elements in the great Sonoran Desert. It just can’t happen anywhere else !
Rosanne
Designer/Realtor
Scottsdale, AZ
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