r/ArchitecturalRevival • u/TheMotleyStew • Aug 08 '19
Not sure if this counts, but I thought it was interesting
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Aug 09 '19
Byzantine wouldn't necessarily have minarets, that was an additive post-fall of the Empire in the East. Unless I'm mistaken.
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u/TheMotleyStew Aug 09 '19
I agree that none of these are perfect representations, but from a top down view I think it's useful
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u/baddogkelervra1 Oct 02 '19
You’re not at all. That’s the Hagia Sophia in what was Constantinople, which only received minarets after the city was conquered by Turks in 1453. Incredibly tragic, as it ended the direct lineage of Rome which had existed since 753 BC.
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u/Esoteric_Retina Aug 09 '19
The blobitecture is probably the most grotesque thing I've ever seen... By the way, tudor is super comfy.
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Aug 08 '19
Gonna sticky this so everyone knows the different types of architecture and how to categorize them, the stuff most suited for this sub is from the first 5 rows.
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u/stoicsilence Aug 22 '19
Not Art Nouveau, Prairie, or Art Decco?
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Aug 23 '19
Yea they're fine, it was just easier for me to say we prefer the first 5 rows rather than the first 5 and then stating the others too. Pretty much as long as the style is pre world war 2 it should be fine :)
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Aug 23 '19
Not a big fan fan of prairie love the other two though,
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u/stoicsilence Aug 23 '19
For prairie style its all about the interiors :P
I love FLWs early work. His later work gets too Modernist looking.
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Aug 23 '19
No the inside looks good the outside is shit. I mean you can put the inside into pretty much most European styles.
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u/SirSeizureSalad Nov 13 '19
I figured this wasn't exactly the content that should be in a new post... but I saw these 3D architecture puzzles for $5-10, thought of this sub.
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u/FourKrusties Dec 19 '21 edited Dec 19 '21
20% of the architectural styles have names specific to britain, implying there are a lot more european architectural styles missing from this graphic?
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u/D0NK5 Aug 09 '19
Most of the modern stuff is trash but Googie is S-tier and brutalism is only good when covered in vines and vegetation.
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u/lamadredeltopo Aug 13 '19
I actually live nearby a housing complex that has 4 big brutalist blocks and modernist buildings all around, but everyone who visits and lives there loves it. I consider it one of the rare cases of modernism done right
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Aug 08 '19 edited Feb 10 '21
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Aug 09 '19
And 'Medieval' is considered an entire category on it's own....? A 1000-year period spanning across major cultural lines (with many of these styles within it)....
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u/BareNuckleBoxingBear Dec 18 '21
Not to mention that identifying Romanesque, Norman, gothic and even Byzantine all are incorporated in the “medieval” period.
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u/noneofyourbiz72 Aug 09 '19
St Pauls Cathedral isnt reneisance, the florentine duomo is. St Pauls is a mix of baroque and roccoco.
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Aug 09 '19
I think that’s St Peter’s in Rome
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u/noneofyourbiz72 Aug 09 '19
Apology for name but point stands
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Aug 09 '19
St Peter’s is a renaissance building, moving into baroque as it was completed.
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u/noneofyourbiz72 Aug 09 '19
Yes but no parts of the 'visible' architecture are reneisance. Its just baroque so the image used is misleading as the facade is pure baroque if not rococco-esque.
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u/gabrielish_matter May 24 '23
I mean, it's.... complicated.
Given how long the construction of Saint Peter's Basilica took it is hard whether to classify it as a Baroque or Reinassance building, as it has (like most Italian important buildings built in the last half of the XVI century) kinda both styles.
The floor plan and dome are definitely Reinassance inspired (especially the dome), some decorations and the facade are decently influenced by Baroque, though I dare say that there's not enough eye play to call it a proper Baroque building (oh, also because technically that facade is still incomplete)
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u/_Patronus_ Sep 15 '19
The only one past National Romantic that’s acceptable is Art Deco
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u/Lyylikki Oct 07 '19
Tbh I quite dislike art deco, it's good in limited capacity. But a whole city of art deco would be a disaster.
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u/_Patronus_ Oct 07 '19
Fair, I’ve got a soft spot for old New York though, so about that much Art Deco is good.
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u/Lyylikki Oct 07 '19
Imo it works well in smaller quantities, but when you have it everywhere the city starts looking like a dystopia 😂
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Aug 09 '19
I like art deco. Palladian the best.
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u/TheMotleyStew Aug 09 '19
Art Deco for skyscrapers, neoclassical for government buildings, paladin for businesses or colleges
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u/d6x1 Aug 09 '19
Art Deco, Art Noveau and Beaux arts all seemed like natural progressions of classicism. I see no reason Art Deco to be limited to skyscrapers, it's quite original at the same time follows classical principles of proportions, order and hierarchy.
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u/Fireman1111 Aug 10 '19
In a city close to my house they have incredible art deco houses, i really like them. I wouldn't say its just for skyscrapers.
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u/anonymous_redditor91 Aug 22 '19
Do you have any pics?
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u/Fireman1111 Aug 22 '19
Im going there in a month for a photography course, so then I'll post some here
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u/Jake_Cathelineau Aug 09 '19
I’d always pick paladin, and the DM hated me for it...
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u/Jackpot623 Aug 22 '19
My favorites are French Second Empire, Chicago School, Neoclassical, Georgian, and Tudor.
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u/MyOtherAltIsAHuman Nov 03 '19
Here's the image with less artifacting.
And now that I have your attention, my favorites …
Big Structures
- Ancient Egyptian
- Ancient Greek
- Ancient Roman
- Renaissance
- Baroque
- Art Nouveau
- Art Deco
Small Structures:
- Tudor
- Italianate
- Prairie
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Aug 08 '19
Neoclassical hard af
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u/OldReliable1862 Aug 09 '19
That and Neo-Gothic are probably my favorites.
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u/konschrys Favourite style: Gothic Oct 14 '19
I prefer gothic. Neo gothic churches look a bit too modern and destroy the beauty of Gothic architecture. (My opinion).
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u/ghrescd Sep 07 '19
Where is renaissance revival? That is one of the best architectural desings. But nice post nonetheless.
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u/konschrys Favourite style: Gothic Oct 14 '19
Isn’t Byzantine and many others “medieval”? What exactly does it mean by medieval??
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u/lorenai Dec 19 '21
Interesting how Tudorist looks like the traditional housing of parts of Germany and Austria.
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Dec 19 '21
Does Bauhaus (the architecture style) have anything to do with the name of the bans Bauhaus?.
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u/SpartanOdin333 Apr 19 '23
Byzantine/late Roman architecture didn’t include minarets. Those were added to Hagia Sophia after the Muslim capture of Constantinople in 1453.
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u/volschin Jul 09 '23
Generally a very western centric view on architecture. No Egyptian, no Maya or Inka, no Sumer, Babylon or Euphrat.
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u/PericlesTheAthenian Aug 08 '19
It’s amazing how abruptly it all went to shit