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Summary of Architectural Style Jargon

Structuralism : "systems design"


Classicalism : "anything too old to challenge, but structured and pretty enough to keep"


Modernism : "minimisation of classical forms, maximisation of equivalent structure, moderation of prettiness"


Art deco : "minecraft modernism"


Streamline : "curvy art deco"


Post-modernism : "fuck structure, fuck pretty"


Expressionism : "whimsy"


Baroque : "maximalist expressionism within a structural context"


Rococo : "foamy baroque lite"


New Formalism : "modernism with moderate reintroduction of non-functional, formal classical compliances"


Brutalist : "minimisation of any non-functional formal compliances"


Corbusian : "wear anything you want, pick up a potted plant, and hold it over your head, then squat"


Prairie style : "replace the pot with a broad hat, squat deeper"


Miesan : "lose the pot, keep squatting, more glass"

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