Contemporary architecture is characterized by a pluralistic diversity in which technological innovation, sustainable concepts, and the sensitive treatment of existing building fabric come together. More...
Post Modernism developed as a critical response to the functionalism of Modernism and used historical forms, signs, and symbols to create an architecturally rich and narrative design language. More...
Post-war architecture in Germany combined serial housing construction to quickly solve the housing shortage with a revival of the International Style in administrative and cultural buildings, as well as innovative structural projects such as bridges and television towers. More...
Modernism in architecture is an internationally shaped epoch of the 20th century, characterized by the use of new materials such as steel, glass, and concrete, functional design, aesthetic simplicity, and diverse movements from Expressionism to Brutalism. More...
Reform architecture encompasses architectural movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that represent culturally and regionally typical construction methods without ornamental stylistic quotations of Historicism. More...
Art Nouveau, shaped by organic ornaments, flowing lines, and the pursuit of architectural Gesamtkunstwerk concepts, emerged around 1890 as a reaction to Historicism and influenced architecture, applied arts, and design until the First World War. More...
Historicism is characterized by the free combination and adaptation of historical styles for different building tasks, with eclecticism, bourgeois Gründerzeit architecture, and early approaches to Art Nouveau emerging, while Neoclassicism continued as a variant into the 20th century. More...
Neoclassicism of the late 18th and early 19th centuries is defined by a return to ancient forms, clear and straightforward building volumes, and the emphasis on state and civic buildings as expressions of a new bourgeois self-understanding. More...
The Baroque is a European art and architectural style characterized by dynamic, expressive spatial design, ornate facades, close integration of painting and stucco, and grand ecclesiastical and secular buildings, with Rococo representing its decorative and playful late phase. More...
In the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance architecture drew on ancient building traditions, seeking harmony, clarity, and proportion, thereby initiating a new cultural and architectural epoch. More...
Beginning around the mid-12th century, Gothic architecture introduced pointed arches, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, and large window surfaces, leading to a vertically oriented style especially in ecclesiastical construction. More...
The Romanesque period (ca. 1020–1250) is characterized by massive walls, round arches, and vaulted large-scale interiors in ecclesiastical buildings, expressing a clear architectural claim to authority. More...
From around 480 to 1040, the German-speaking regions developed predominantly ecclesiastical stone architecture, shaped by the Frankish Empire and Christianization, forming the transitional phase toward the Romanesque. More...
Between roughly 500 BC and 400 AD, Roman architecture developed a monumental language of representation using arches, domes, and massive building structures, influenced by Greek and Etruscan traditions. More...
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