Architectural styles

is to defy a stultifying tradition or convention, which leads to new, daring styles (Richardson, McKellar, Woods, 2008, p.109). The ‘traditional’ architectural style in the early 19th Century, in Great Britain was classicism, inspired by ancient Greece and associated with democracy as well as with the French revolution (Richardson, McKellar, Woods, 2008, p. 112). Pugin, called this classical style ‘the new square style’ (Figure 4.7, in Richardson, McKellar, Woods, 2008, p.123) and argued that it

The different architectural styles and use of public space throughout Pratt Institute expresses both the function of the university and its relation to Clinton Hill and to changes occurring in New York City. Pratt’s original campus consisted of three brick Romanesque Revival styled buildings that were built adjacent to one another, the Main Building, the East Hall Building, and the Student Union, and Pratt Institute Library, which along with the Rose Garden, were available for public usage. Characterized

Week 3 individual Assignment Comparing and Contrasting Architectural Styles CSS/422 Service-Oriented Architecture Software Architecture is how a system is structured, it is a collection of all the elements that are what make the system, there are several different styles which can be used to create a Program or Programs. Software Architecture styles will describe the classes of the architecture being used, these classes of course can be used repeatedly, there are

building explained its architecture style and structure which makes it be a remarkable building. For instance, Sultan Abdul Samad Building (SASB) has a unique architectural design which is the mixture of several architectural styles. This result is caused by the Charles Edwin Spooner, the state engineer of Public Work Department, Selangor, who worked in Ceylon before transferred to Selangor. He preferred to design a Mughal-style building on a Classic Renaissance style ground plan which suggested by A

Although the storey height of the shophouses is increasing, the plot arrangement and layout remains the same along the existing street following the traditional method of linkages. Practically,this kind of development using the traditional linear style blocks along

The Philadelphia Centennial of 1876 is the origin starting point for a rebirth of the colonial architectural heritage of America and the early English and Dutch houses of the Atlantic seaboard. The increasing popularity of colonial influences on contemporary architecture motivated a highly publicized tour of a group of architects in 1877 who observed and recorded Georgian and Federal houses of New England. The simplicity of colonial designs and honest use of materials with more economical plans than

which the proper term should have been “style of the Adams brothers”( anam thanvi, 2013). His projects used light, graceful line of design, which have much more liberty than the stern classical proportions of the Palladians (Ross. D., 2013). He was an originator who innovates and experiments using all his different inspirations.

both French and Islamic culture, particularly in Leon and Burgos respectively. In my comparison of these two cathedrals, I hope to grasp a better understanding of how different cultures interact and influence architecture to form the Spanish Gothic style.

architecture started to form. Each type of revival style was associated with a specific architect, for instance, A.W.N. Pugin was England’s leading Gothic revivalist. The revivals of the ancient architecture influenced the architectural designs of many architects of the time. Two of the most noted architects in the nineteenth century who were influenced by the architectural revivals were: Richard Morris Hunt, the leading architect to the Beaux Art style; and Henry Hobson Richardson, the father of the

Georgian Design and the Beginnings of America The American Georgian style ruled American design from about 1714 to 1830. The Georgian style was inspired by English and European styles of the time, relied on classical elements, and took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance. Georgian design was located mainly along the eastern seaboard, where “the old styles gradually gave way to the Georgian, and there came for the first time a large degree of uniformity to American architecture” (Wertenbaker