Background

Definition

In definition “Architectural styles” classify architecture in terms of the use

of form, techniques, materials, time period, region and other stylistic influences. It overlaps with, and
emerges from the study of the evolution and history of architecture. In architectural history, the study
of Gothic architecture, for instance, would include all aspects of the cultural context that went into the
design and construction of these structures. Hence, architectural style is a way of classifying architecture
that gives emphasis to characteristic features of design, leading to a terminology such as Gothic "style".
The first form of architectural style starts to come about in the 19th and 20th centuries in the Middle East
by aspiring builders and architects of places like Rome and Greece. They strived to bring meaning and
development to the designing and building of buildings.

In Grenada architecture styles are not expressed, recognized and used to their maximum potential in by
the public and our fellow architects. The styles that currently exist in Grenada are

As in Ggrenada this term is not emphasized to its fullest

Different World Styles

 Buddhist architecture 1st century AD

 Ancient Egyptian architecture 3000 BC-373 AD

 Classical architecture 600 BC-323 AD

 Ancient Greek architecture 776 BC-265 BC
 Roman architecture 753 BC–663 AD
 Herodian architecture 37 BC-4 BC Judea
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 Pre-Romanesque architecture c.700-1000 Western Europe
 Carolingian architecture 780s-9th century France and Germany

 Repoblación architecture 880s-11th century Spain

 Ottonian architecture 950s-1050s Germany