Ch.1 Architectural Styles Flashcards
a classification of a structure based on its appearance, materials used, structural and decorative details, building techniques, and artistic expression
Architectural style
natural building material made of water, sand, clay, and straw mixed together formed into a desired shape
Adobe
publications of treatises, essays, and books on architectural design and construction
pattern books
social movement in the early 1800s that focused on nature, antiquity, emotion, individuality, democracy, and art
Romanticism
- general name for an architectural period during the Industrial Revolution
- architects made use of new technology by designing and constructing extremely ornate residences
Victorian Styles
double pitched hip roof allowing a top level to be used for additional living space
mansard roof
- a home designed to represent the past and traditional values
- common after Industrial Revolution
Period Home
exposed, hand-hewn wood framing with masonry-filled spaces
half-timbering
20th-century social movement that rejected the classical European constraints of the orderly past and the industrialization of the nation
- craftsman
Modernism
- Social and cultural movement inspired by the English Arts and Crafts movement
- Purpose was to renew the human spirit by reuniting art, labor, and the artist while promoting hand workmanship
Craftsman period
affordable, mass produced, unassembled houses in a DIY kit available in catalogs
Mail-Order houses
architectural movement of the mid-to late 20th Century that marked the return of embellishment and injected wit and character into architecture
Postmodernism
provides homes for more than one family
multifamily housing
a type of ownership for multifamily housing in which each resident buys shares in corporation, the corporation manages the property
cooperative
a multifamily housing unit available for purchase in which ownership includes a share of common property and facilities
condominium
