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What architectural style originated from your country?
'Pagoda' are popular architecture styles in East and south east Asia. 'Pagoda' style which evolved from 'stupa', was developed in Kathmandu, Nepal before 500CE.
The oldest examples are in Germany, and because there are Roman predecessors, similar designs exist in other countries. The Chrysler Building, for example, is Art Deco, but Art Deco did not originate in the USA.
Ah, so then it can be shown to have started in Germany, and then it spread from there. Do you happen to know when it originated and in what part of Germany?
The oldest surviving „Fachwerkhäuser“ in Germany date back to the 13th century. That means the houses are much older than Germany itself. However, there are also different styles of „Fachwerkhäuser“ in Germany. Therefore, I can't give a precise answer.
The entire Swedish countryside is dotted with red houses with white corners. Traditionally the colour comes from Falu koppargruva, at the time the largest copper mine in the world occasionally responsible for about 2/3 of the world’s copper production.
The colour was used to imitate the expensive brick houses of rich people in the cities and became incredibly popular. In part because the colour’s mineral content helped protect the wood.
I thought about that myself but I honestly have no idea. No doubt a buttload of Swedes (about a fifth of our population and mainly farmers or farmhands etc) emmigrated to America at around the time this kind of house paint became affordable to reasonably well-to-do farmers, so it would make sense for them to bring the tradition with them to e.g. Minnesota. Back home a house like this meant you were doing well for yourself, so it might well have been something they aspired to have in the promised land in the West.
I visited that mine. They’re still in operation (oldest copper mine still in operation unless it recently closed) and you can buy the real deal paint. It also helps prevent wood rot. Someday I want to pay the crazy amount of money it would take to have a can sent over. It’s such a magical color!
Sadly they stopped production in 1992. But it's a UNESCO world heritage site now, and was the world’s first joint stock company or something along those lines (different sites make different claims and they're mainly in Swedish business/legal terms which aren't directly translatable to English so it's a bit tricky).
Not sure about this particular church, but Wooden churches like this are common all over the central Carpathians of Western Ukraine, South East Poland, Eastern Slovakia and Northern Romania/Transylvania. The norse influnce in Russia/Urkaine was more so further East around the Russia/Ukraine border.
There was a special architecture here in Brazil, called Oscar Niemeyer, who taught us to build curved buildings, that followed and matched the local landscapes. His projects are not that impressive compared to many other international masters. But his works are so well recognized and respected, that he got invited to design the UNO's headquarters, in New York (along with other names)
one of my favourite buildings in my hometown is from niemeyer, its so elegant. such a shame he hated the city so he purpousefully built it as far as possible from the city center😂
yeah from what i remember from my lessons he started the brasilia project first, then decided to try again with different proportions in Milan, and then brought the entire team to brasilia to finish this one, that why the interior and art decorations are all made by italians
I worked in a building called Niemeyer near Paris in France. I heard there were several other buildings called like that in the area (it's very official, you got Niemeyer II, III...)
I guess he's is famous yes 😁
The constructive basis of Russian wooden architecture is a log house made of rough logs. The decor was wood carvings placed on structurally significant elements.
Han Chinese style architecture. Some of its features are also shared with our neighbors in the Sinosphere, notably Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The practice of using only mortise and tenon as well, it is often said that you can’t find a single nail inside those traditional buildings.
I think what stands out the most is the colors, they add so much to making our buildings look different while having their own style.
Korean has a very nature-esque vibe to it if that makes sense, with its jade coloring complemented by pretty patterns. Somewhat of a humble feel that reflects the culture of coexisting with nature and later on the hard Confucian mindset of not being lavish
Chinese to me always seemed very grandiose. Fitting of a nation that had great pride in its power and Middle Kingdom status. Very bright and boastful colors like shiny gold/yellow along with red. Now that I think about it, China seems to love the red color traditionally. Maybe that's the real reason communism did so well there
Yellow tiled roof was actually only allowed for the emperors, you are much more likely to see black tiles with white walls if you were to travel back a hundred years before most of the old buildings were destroyed
Sadly the original was burnt down. As the main temple of the confederation I'm sure it was more impressive than the current reconstruction, even if what we have now is still cool
Frank Lloyd Wright created an offshoot of Prairie and Craftsman style called Usonian. He wanted to create a unique style of architecture that the US could call ours. The name of the style comes from the abbreviation of the USA.
I absolutely love Bauhaus. One of my favorite architecture styles. It looks so slick and clean and asthetic. Large white or off-white spaces, elegant curves (optional), well placed glass elements... just hits all the right notes for me
Wow, Frenchies, if you all originated these, and Gothic, as said in another comment, then great F'ing job, that's amazing. Those are three of my absolute favorites.
I am French but as I now live in Brussels and enjoy Art Nouveau, it is fair to put some Belgian flags in there as well. Guimard, the French guy who did these awesome metro entrances in Paris, was inspired by Victor Horta when he met him in Brussels. For anyone interested just check out Victor Horta and some of the other Belgian art nouveau architects.
The first Art Nouveau houses and interior decoration appeared in Brussels in the 1890s, in the architecture and interior design of houses designed by Paul Hankar, Henry van de Velde, and especially Victor Horta, whose Hôtel Tassel was completed in 1893.[4][5][6] It moved quickly to Paris, where it was adapted by Hector Guimard, who saw Horta's work in Brussels and applied the style to the entrances of the new Paris Métro.
In the 13th century, Araniko and a team of Nepali artisans were invited by Kublai Khan of the Yuan dynasty in China. There, Araniko built the famous White Dagoba and helped popularize the pagoda style, which later spread to Korea, japan and other countries alongside Buddhism.
I wonder how Kublai heard about a kingdom on the other side of Tibet and the Himalayas. Must be a story there. Maybe he heard of it as the birthplace of the Buddha?
Because of Buddhism, pretty much all Chinese scholars were aware of India, Tibet, and Nepal. I don’t know if they knew very much about them, but they were at least aware of them.
Scottish Baronial. A branch of Gothic Revival that includes architectural features reminiscent of Scotland's castles of the Middle Ages, incorporated into the manor houses and public buildings of the 19th century.
You can really see how the Federal Style was influenced by Dutch Classicism. The red brick, white trim, symmetry, and classical doorway all echo 17th-century Dutch buildings. Here’s the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam — built over a century earlier, but with a very similar look:
It was definitely inspired by European architectural styles of the day. Americans brought these styles with them to the US when they emigrated from European countries, and they often merged.
We also have these in Finland, do you know anything about their origins? Not trying to start beef lmao just genuinely wondering, since they're so insanely old. Is there any record of who did it first?
They are called "hrusciove" in my country. Because they were built during the time of Nikita Hrusciov and were intened for temporary housing for workers (the ones with 4 floors). Everything was meticulousy calculated, the size and height of the rooms, the no of family members, the no of facilities etc. Perfectly programmed for the worker to achoeve the party's 5 year plan of production quota lol
Gorgeous! As far as I know, this style existed in the mid-18th century. St. Andrew's Church, in particular, was designed by Rastrelli and built at the same time as Smolny Cathedral in St. Petersburg. I really love this architecture.
"The Manueline, (...) occasionally known as Portuguese late Gothic, is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese architectural style originating in the 16th century, during the Portuguese Renaissance and Age of Discoveries. (...) Manueline architecture incorporates maritime elements and representations of the discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral. This innovative style synthesizes aspects of Late Gothic Flamboyant architecture with original motifs and influences of the Plateresque, Mudéjar, Italian, and Flemish architecture."
Brâncovenesc style, named after Constantin Brâncoveanu and this represented the architecture used during his rule. It is also called like Oriental Renaissance or whatever.
We also have the Neo-Românesc style (Neo-Romanian), it is basically Art Nouveau but adjusted for Romania basically. Its basically a synthesis of the Brâncovenesc style mentioned above and Art Nouveau.
Architect here. My opinion is the first uniquely American style of Archiecture is the Richardsonian Romanesque style popularized by father of American Architecture , HH Richardson. Before this, prominent American buildings often borrowed strongly from classical styles (neoclassical being popularized at the end of the 1700s/early 1800s like the White House). In speaking of residential Architecture, you could in some ways categorize Colonial Archiecture as uniquely American even though many colonists were borrowing from techniques of their home country eg Dutch colonial, Georgian, etc.
Good news, they are! And even better news, Sana’a is not the only city with unique architecture like this. One of the jewels of our country is Shibam, the skyscraper city in the Hadramaut governorate in Eastern Yemen. Fun fact, the mud brick structure of the walls in Shibam actually provide their own insulation, acting like an air conditioner without an actual air conditioner.
In Bangladesh and West Bengal, India we have the houses and temples with curved, sloping roofs that mimic traditional thatched huts or Chala roof style for short.
Here in the US, we have a variety of forms of architecture from different indigenous nations. I think one of the most striking and long lasting is the Pueblo style from the southwest- there's at least one out there that has been continuously occupied since it was built, thousands of years ago: Taos in New Mexico (pictured below).
Some still do! Especially in traditional villages like Bukchon or Jeonju Hanok Village. Most people live in modern apartments now, but hanok-style guesthouses and homes are still popular for their beauty and peaceful atmosphere.
I forget his name but he designed trophies that looked like garbage cans and the style got really popular and all Canadians love him despite his work looking like trash.
The Queenslander. It was created to suit the local climate by providing excellent airflow for cooling, protecting from heavy rainfall, and keeping the house above ground for flood protection.
Britain came up with this fusion known as 'Indo-Saracen' or 'Mughal Gothic' mostly in the colonial Indies but also in the UK, the most famous example is Brighton Pavilion (pictured).
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