Architectural Styles And Elements Codexery

A source-cited reference to architectural styles and elements

Architectural Styles And Elements (18)

• Palladian architecture — European architectural style based on symmetry and classical principles.
• Portuguese architecture — Portuguese architecture blends indigenous, Roman, Moorish, and global influences.
• Postmodern architecture — A reaction against modernism's austerity, embracing complexity and historical reference.
• Proportion (architecture) — Proportion governs the visual relationships within architecture.
• Renaissance Revival architecture — A 19th-century revival stitching Italian, French, and Flemish Renaissance forms into one working language.
• Renaissance architecture — Revival of classical Greek and Roman architectural principles.
• Revivalism (architecture) — Revivalism revived disused historical architectural styles.
• Romanesque architecture — First pan-European architectural style since Imperial Roman architecture.
• Roof — Top covering of a building, protecting against weather elements.
• Room — An enclosed space within a structure, entered via a door.
• Ruins — Remains of architecture fallen into partial or total disrepair.
• Sacral architecture — Design and construction of sacred spaces across cultures and eras.
• Sikh architecture — A distinctive style evolving from Sikh religious and cultural expression.
• Spanish architecture — Spanish architecture spans millennia, from megaliths to global contemporary masters.
• Spire — A tall, pointed structure atop a building or tower.
• Steeple — A tall tower topped by a spire, common on Christian churches.
• Streamline Moderne — A streamlined Art Deco style inspired by aerodynamics and ocean liners.
• Sustainable architecture — Designing buildings to reduce environmental harm and resource use.

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