Architecture

and design styles

Leah Anastasia
 Gothic architecture
An architectural style is a set of characteristics and features that make a building
or other structure notable or historically identifiable.An architecture style is a
collection of external influences that shape the materiality, method of
construction, and form of a building, helping it to be identified and characterized
in both historical and design terms.
 Origins
Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was
particularly popular in Europe from the late 12th century to the 16th century,
during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries
in some areas.It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by
Renaissance architecture. It originated in the Île-de-France region of northern
France as a development of Norman architecture.The style at the time was
sometimes known as opus Francigenum,the term Gothic was first applied
contemptuously during the later Renaissance, by those ambitious to revive the
Grecian orders of architecture.
 Essential ellements
The defining design element of Gothic architecture is the pointed or ogival arch.
The primary engineering innovation and one of the other characteristic design
components is the flying buttress. The use of the pointed arch in turn led to the
development of the pointed rib vault and flying buttresses, combined with
elaborate tracery and stained glass windows.
 Main contributors,examples
Appeared in France, the first Gothic construction dates from 1130 in the Paris area.
The most specific representations: Saint-Denis, Notre-Dame de Paris, Chartres,
Reims, Amiens and Bourges. Saint Denis.
In Spain, the first (Roman) Gothic construction is the cathedral of Avila, with a
narrow, sober facade, almost completely devoid of ornamental elements. The
cathedrals of Burgos, Leon and Toledo are already a "matured" Spanish Gothic.
Italy, against the background of ancient and Romanesque heritage, accepted the
Gothic style quite hard, so the buildings here are less spectacular (but also more
questionable from an artistic point of view) than in other parts of Europe. The first
Gothic buildings, due to the Cistercian order (Fossanova, Casamari).
 Modern manifestations
Iconic American Buildings Re-Envisioned in the Gothic Revival Style
Gothic Construction Techniques Inspire ETH Zurich's Lightweight
Concrete Floor Slabs
Gothic style restaurant room
Gothic living
Gothic bedroom