architectural style

/ˌˈɑrkəˌtɛktʃərəl staɪl/

Other forms: architectural styles

Definitions of architectural style

1. noun

   architecture as a kind of art form
   synonyms: style of architecture, type of architecture

   types:

   Bauhaus

   a German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1918

   Byzantine architecture

   the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the 5th century; massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics

   Greco-Roman architecture, classical architecture

   architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans

   Gothic, Gothic architecture

   a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches

   Romanesque, Romanesque architecture

   a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades

   Moorish, Moorish architecture

   a style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to 16th centuries; characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches

   Victorian architecture

   a style of architecture used in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria; characterized by massive construction and elaborate ornamentation

   Greek architecture

   the architecture of ancient Greece

   Roman architecture

   the architecture of ancient Rome

   Norman architecture

   a Romanesque style first appearing in Normandy around 950 AD and used in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the 12th century

   English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular, perpendicular style

   a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting

   type of:

   art form

   (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)