5. Spanish Colonial Revival . Became Southern California’s pre-eminent architectural style in the wake of the Panama-California Exposition of 1915-1917.

Spanish Revival took off after the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, where architects Bertram Goodhue Carleton ...

The rustic aesthetic of Spanish colonial architecture is “characterized by thick adobe walls, ... break modern energy codes, and be challenging to remedy, as a major downside.

The most popular Colonial homes of the present day are known as New Colonials or Modern Colonials, which grew out of Colonial Revival architecture. Colonial Revival homes had many smaller rooms ...

Designed by pioneering architect Lutah Maria Riggs, the 1950s home is complemented with picturesque grounds by landscape ...

Santa Fe/Spanish Colonial . Made of clay-brick, mud and plaster, the Santa Fe or Spanish Colonial style is more than 3,000 years old and is very common here.