BauhausGerman school of art, design, and architecture founded in 1919 in Weimar by the architect Walter Gropius, who aimed to fuse art, design, architecture, and crafts into a unified whole.
BrutalismFrom
Bloomsbury Guide to Human ThoughtBrutalism (from French brut, ‘unadorned’) was an architectural movement which had great vogue in the 1950s and 1960s.
FunctionalismFrom
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century ArchitectureArchitectural principle according to which the form of a building is to be derived from the function it is intended to fulfill; the schematic and technological aspect of architectural modernism (Rationalism), whose wider theoretical stance comprises also philosophical, political, social, economic, stylistic and symbolical questions.
Georgian architecture: Topic PageIt includes several trends in English architecture that were predominant during the reigns (1714–1830) of George I, George II, George III, and George IV.
Gothic architecture: Topic Pagetitle="Design of a Gothic Church" hspace="5" border="1"> Style of architecture that flourished in Europe from the mid-12th century to the end of the 15th century.
Gothic revival: Topic PageTerm designating a return to the building styles of the Middle Ages.
Green designFrom
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Design Since 1900Is a general design term that emerged in the late 1980s. An international surge of interest in ecological issues resulted from various man-made disasters (e.g., the leaks of radiation at Chernobyl and crude oil in Alaska) combined with the growing awareness of the accumulating effects on the environment of the industrial world (e.g., global warming).
International styleFrom
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century ArchitectureThe phrase ‘International Style’ was one among many terms used in the 1920s to denote modern architecture. Introduced by an American in order to characterize a particular kind of European architecture (Rationalism), the term became generally applied in later decades to a broad range of contemporary buildings.
Islamic architecture: Topic PageThe architecture of the Muslim world, highly diverse but unified by climate, culture, and a love of geometric and arabesque ornament, as well as by the mobility of ideas, artisans, and architects throughout the region.
Norman architecture: Topic Pagetitle="Norman Architecture: Monza Cathedral in Lombardy" align="left" hspace="5" border="1">Style of architecture used in England in the 11th and 12th centuries, also known as Romanesque.
Organic architectureFrom
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century ArchitectureAs with most concepts used in architecture, the concept of an ‘organic’ style is borrowed from other fields and remains difficult to delimit once applied to architecture and building. It subsumes the harmonic relationship between the whole and the parts, but is also tied to natural processes such as birth, growth, and death.
Tudor style: Topic PageDescriptive of the English architecture and decoration of the first half of the 16th cent., prevailing during the reigns (1485–1558) of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I.
Vernacular architectureFrom
Encyclopedia of American StudiesAccording to architect Amos Rapoport ninety-five percent of the world's structures qualify as examples of vernacular buildings, if what is understood by the term are those structures that are not designed by professional architects.
Victorian architectureFrom
The Hutchinson Unabridged EncyclopediaStyle of architecture, furnituremaking, and decorative art covering the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901. The era was influenced by significant industrial and urban development, and the massive expansion of the British Empire.