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In Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine, Neolithic settlements included wattle-and-daub structures with thatched roofs and floors made of logs covered in clay. [2] This is also when the burdei pit-house (below-ground) style of house construction was developed, which was still used by Romanians and Ukrainians until the 20th century. [citation needed]
This type of architecture represents the largest free-standing structure in the world in its era. [3] Long houses are present across numerous regions and time periods in the archaeological record. The long house was a rectangular structure, 5.5 to 7 m (18 to 23 ft) wide, of variable length, around 20 m (66 ft) up to 45 m (148 ft).
The architectural designs were in the Indo-Saracenic – blends of Hindu, Muslimor Islamic, Rajput, and Gothic styles of architecture under the Wodeyar Dynasty or Kingdom of Mysore from 1399 to 1947. Indo-Saracenic type is most notably manifested in palaces and courtly buildings built in various styles, and temples built in the Dravidian style.
The Pre-Ceramic period of Neolithic Greece was succeeded by the Early Neolithic period (or EN) where the economy was still based on farming and stock-rearing and settlements still consisted of independent one-room huts with each community inhabited by 50 to 100 people (the basic social unit was the clan or extended family). [3]
Cape Cod. Perhaps the most easily recognizable house style in the U.S., a Cape Cod home exudes symmetry, simplicity and sophistication. With a central door, rectangular shape and classic dormer ...
The corbelled roof of Newgrange (c. 3,200 BC) shows that corbel arches were used since the neolithic age. [10] [11] One of the largest structures of this period was the Neolithic long house. It was a long, narrow timber dwelling built by the first farmers in Europe at least as early as 5000 to 6000 BC.
Neo-Gothic architecture; Neolithic architecture 10,000–3000 BC; Neo-Manueline 1840s–1910s AD Portugal and Brazil; New towns 1946–1968 United Kingdom; Norman architecture 1074–1250; Organic architecture; Ottonian architecture 950s–1050s Germany; Palladian architecture 1616–1680 (Jones) Perpendicular Period c. 1350 – c. 1550
Grand Designs. The country's full of awe-inspiring natural wonders — but those made by man (and woman) are equally impressive. The architect behind a design or the creation's history, style, or ...