Arche-tecture
The archetypes of architecture
The starbursts and pastels of Googie. The angularity and colorful bursts of Art Deco. The topics below are mainly Western styles for now and are arranged generally by timeline of adoption, starting with Greco-Roman classical architecture all the way through to the Postmodern world that we are living in.
Postmodernism
A rebellion against the “modern” glass box that reintroduced some ornament and camp
Brutalism
A fittingly harsh name for this spiritual sister of the International Style
International Style
The style that redefined corporate architecture and gave the world the “glass box”
Googie
Mid-century visions of the future in building form, heavy on the Space Race aesthetic
Streamline Moderne
An Art Deco “offshoot”, polished and more minimalist than its predecessor
Art Deco
Very much modern, but with a decorative flair and a subtle eye on the past
Art Nouveau
The first style to kick off the modern movement, with inspiration from nature
American Queen Anne
Very much modern, but with a decorative flair and a subtle eye on the past
French Baroque
Very much modern, but with a decorative flair and a subtle eye on the past
French Chateau Style
Very much modern, but with a decorative flair and a subtle eye on the past
Italian Baroque
Very much modern, but with a decorative flair and a subtle eye on the past
Italian Renaissance
Very much modern, but with a decorative flair and a subtle eye on the past
Gothic
The first real departure from Greco-Roman designs, originally
Classical (Greco-Roman)
From the banks of the Mediterranean, the style that started it all in the West