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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the culturally ignorant:

Mission Revival: https://noehill.com/architects/style_mission_revival.aspx

Spanish Colonial Revival:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Colonial_Revival_architecture

California has an incredibly rich and diverse architecture, unlike the monoculture back East. Mission-style, Arts & Crafts, mid-century modern, energy efficient houses, googie, Victorian … 
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Lol. “Monoculture”? You need to check into rehab ASAP. [/quote]

There are no Victorian houses in the East?!?[/quote]

Nobody said that? The point is that California has an incredibly varied architecture, as opposed to East Coast cities that tend to be much more uniform (sometimes legally required through historical zoning code). [/quote]

PP.  I'm enjoying the WWF x architecture critic nature of this shitposting thread.  Hopefully nobody is taking this post too seriously.  For the record, though, I was born in a Bay Area town that has a whole book about what a banal monoculture it was.  I can only think of two Mission/Spanish style prominent buildings there.  Enjoy "Suburbia" by Bill Owens.

https://smoca.org/exhibition/bill-owens-suburbia/[/quote]

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