Taking cues from traditional Spanish architecture, Spanish Colonial-style houses feature natural materials like adobe, wood, and terra-cotta. The style’s hallmarks are both aesthetically ...

One of the most recognizable features is the red, barrel tile roof, which was low-pitched. In the Southwest, homes often have completely flat roofs with castle-like parapets lining the perimeter ...

With their red-tile roofs and stucco walls so commonplace that they’ve become part of the landscape, the homes of the Spanish Colonial Revival tapped the climate, local materials and an ...

Inside the luxurious life of a 19th-century sugar baron While the Balay Negrense is classified as the Spanish era’s bahay na bato, it also features American colonial elements.

Architecture Spotlight: Spanish Colonial Revival evokes L.A.’s golden era The Casa del Prado, along a pedestrian promenade in San Diego’s Balboa Park boasts extensive ornamentation.