LANCASTER IN STYLE, PART 33: BI-LEVEL AND SPLIT-LEVEL, 1960s-80s. Post-World War II housing offered an opportunity to experiment with new design ideas for the emerging “nuclear family.” With few ...

EUGENE, Ore. – Nestled perfectly into an uphill sloping lot, the Alpenglow house plan is a stunning manifestation of modern architecture blended with prairie-inspired aesthetics. This residence is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even if you've heard of a split-level home, you may not know what exactly makes it split-level. There are also numerous notable ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you take a drive through an older suburban neighborhood in the United States, you'll likely come ...

Imagine if you will, a home whose very design promotes a feeling of peace and tranquility and whose floor plan provides a perfect flow to each room on all levels. This home, built in 1963, is all that ...

Photographer Rod Komis fell in love with his picture-perfect neighborhood long before he bought a house there. "I always liked the street," he said, a quiet cul-de-sac in a pocket of winding roads and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Design by Guideline Studios LLC / Photo by Mike Kuhr Split-level homes are a suburban relic of post-WWII baby boom housing trends ...

FILLING IN THE BLANKS of this story’s “before” will require imaginative leaps into thin air, because substantial components of the roomy, light, life-altering “after” now exist where once there was ...

Anyone who has lived in or traveled through suburban America will have seen a split-level house. Though this style of house began to appear as early as the 1930s, it saw its heyday in the post-World ...

The current housing market goes beyond location and cost alone. Buyers today consider the design and function as well as its ...

Though similar, split-levels and bi-levels aren’t the same. Learn what a bi-level home is, plus potential downsides every potential buyer or seller should know. You’ve likely heard of split-level and ...