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The predominent architecture of Europe from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. Its most characteristic feature is the pointed arch.
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Gothic Architecture
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In this work, the buildings of the classical period in ancient Greece. Its most characteristic feature is its trabeated structure.
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Greek Architecture
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The revival of ancient Roman classical building style that began in Italy in the fifteenth century and spread throughout Europe by the nineteenth
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Renaissance Architecture
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A means of selecting an architect for a significant commission. Architects are invited to compete, either by invitation or by open competition. The latter is considered an important way to discover new talent in the field.
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Architectural Competition
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Major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s. The focus was more on the stylistic aspects of Modernism. It included a radical simplification fo form, a rejection of ornament, and glass, steel & concrete.
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Modern Architecture (International style)
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In architecture, the distinctive visual characteristics of a work
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style
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Ran from the 1950s to the present, it borrows elements from classical greek style
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Postmodernism
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Outer covering of a building in which the outerwalls are non-structural, but merely keep out the weather
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Curtain wall
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