Architecture
Title: Architecture
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 644 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Architecture
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 644 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Architecture is the art or practice of designing and building
Structures. American architecture varies significantly from
architecture of the ancient world.
American architecture began around the seventeenth century.
Settlers from different European countries brought with them, during
the North American colonization, the different techniques and forms
from their homelands.
Colonial architecture was adapted by the climate of the site
chosen, the availability of building materials, and supplies. Skilled
workers, particularly trained builders were a must.
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In the 1950s the
functionalist mode of architecture was seen in the design of
Coorporate office buildings. Postmodern architecture remained
dominent throughout the 1970s-present. Although some
contemporary architects have created their own style. Frank Gehry's
asymmetrical, sculptural buildings, using both common and unusual
materials, are an architectural world unto themselves.
The art of designing structures has changed greatly through the
years. European architecture and American architecture are similar in
some ways while different in others.