Homes of Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara offers a variety of architectural styles. Famous for its Spanish Mediterranean homes with red tile roofs Santa Barbara offers much more as this video will attest.

Some of the many styles you’ll find throughout Santa Barbara are:

• Adobe.
• English Vernacular and Tudor.
• Gothic Revival.
• American Colonial Revival.
• Italianate.
• Italian Mediterranean.
• Stick.
• Spanish Colonial Revival.
• Mid Century Modern
• Modern / Abstract (Steve Martin’s underground home – see photos here)

Santa Barbara Spanish Mediterranean style is an architectural and interior design style derived from Mediterranean and Spanish-revival architecture, often characterized by deep red tones and polished wood textures that contrast with stark white walls.

As you can imagine Santa Barbara offers a vast array of different styles. Here’s a link to the AIA Santa Barbara chapter of architects: AIA of Santa Barbara