“I don’t know the name of it, but I can describe.” A phrase often exchanged between a new home buyer and the builder/architect.

When building/designing a house, homeowners often want to replicate a certain style of home; but oftentimes the process can become confusing, leaving many unable to differentiate between say – a Craftsman Bungalow, a Spanish Colonial or French Eclectic.

When the homeowner wants a certain window/door to match a home style, the process of describing it in detail can become tedious for both the homeowner and the architect/builder.
The Home Style Library provides architects and contractors with a common language to best understand their customers’ desires and make them a reality. The Home Style Library is made possible by the flexibility of the A-Series windows and doors, which help homeowners achieve their vision of home – from window style, placement and proportion, to grille styles, colors, interior finishes and hardware options.The solution: Andersen Windows is launching its Architectural Collection of windows with a corresponding Style Library  that hopes to shift the paradigm of buying windows and doors – focusing not first on the windows themselves, but rather on the architectural style of a home.

Andersen has created a number of unique sets of windows/doors (along with grilles, color, interior finishes, hardware options, etc.) developed specifically for the following architectural styles:

Tudor; Spanish Colonial; American Farmhouse; Craftsman Bungalow; Ranch; French Eclectic; Queen Anne; Georgian/Federal; Prairie; Modern.

This has vast benefits for architects/builders as well. For the architect, this could mean fewer hours sifting through products to arrive at the right match. For homeowners, it means an easy guide for the choices to create the right historic period of architecture or style.