I was just talking about the house...as it looks very Canadian.
Interesting, I guess I never thought anything of it.
Working for a new home builder, I know stucco presents challenges due to the weather. Brick is still, and will probably always be the go-to exterior cladding choice for this geographical region.
I'll tell you though, there is definitely what I call a Buffalo house. Two story, sided, with multiple additions to the rear, each addition lower than the one before it, so there are multiple roof heights. Apparently they even have a name - telescope houses.
The Rise and Fall of Buffalo’s Curious Telescope Houses
Aug 11, 2015 Posted by
queenseyes In
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We’ve probably all seen them before, but until now I never thought of referring to them as ‘
Telescope Houses“. No, I’m not talking about some sort of super modern, expandable micro-dwellings, rather they are houses indigenous mainly to the East Side of Buffalo, where homeowners have built addition after addition over the years. With a couple of add-ons (kitchen, bedroom, etc.), the house begins to take on the appearance of a telescope, thus the term
Telescope Houses.
Photographer and sociologist David Schalliol has paid a visit to Buffalo numerous times to photograph this city’s architecture. Now, a dedicated segment of his work is featured in
ArchDaily.com – Schalliol has compiled a series of images, along with writings, that pay homage to these unusual houses.