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Temporary structures – Quonset hut, Nissen hut, prefabricated home. Underground – Underground living, rock-cut architecture, monolithic church, pit-house. Modern low-energy systems – Straw-bale construction, earthbag construction, rice-hull bagwall construction, earthship, earth house. Various styles – Longhouse.
An architectural style is a classification of buildings (and nonbuilding structures) based on a set of characteristics and features, including overall appearance, arrangement of the components, method of construction, building materials used, form, size, structural design, and regional character. [1]
Modern architecture emerged at the end of the 19th century from revolutions in technology, engineering, and building materials, and from a desire to break away from historical architectural styles and invent something that was purely functional and new. The revolution in materials came first, with the use of cast iron, drywall, plate glass, and ...
This list of house styles lists styles of vernacular architecture – i.e., outside any academic tradition – used in the design of houses. African Cape ...
Bungalow. Though real estate agents may use the term to reference any small house, true bungalows are one- or one-and-a-half stories with two or three bedrooms. They span a total of 1,000 to 2,000 ...
Timeline of architectural styles. 6000BC–1000AD • 1000–1750 • 1750–1900 • 1900–Present. Architectural style • Architecture timeline. This timeline shows the periods of various architectural styles in a graphical fashion.
The most common architectural house and home styles in America include colonial, Cape Cod, ranch, and more. Learn how to identify these house styles.
Aerospace architecture. American Empire style. Amsterdam School. Ancient Chinese wooden architecture. Architectural school of Nakhchivan. Architecture terrible. Arts and Crafts movement. Asturian architecture. Australian architectural styles.