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Gott, Goldberg and Vanderbei’s double-sided disk map was designed to minimize all six types of map distortions. Not properly "a" map projection because it is on two surfaces instead of one, it consists of two hemispheric equidistant azimuthal projections back-to-back. [5] [6] [7] 1879 Peirce quincuncial: Other Conformal Charles Sanders Peirce
The architecture of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, derived from the ancient Mediterranean civilizations such as at Knossos on Crete. They developed highly refined systems for proportions and style, using mathematics and geometry.
Similar to genres of music, morphology concertizes 'movements' and arrives at definitions of architectural 'styles' or typologies. Paradoxically morphology can also be understood to be the qualities of a built space which are style-less or irreducible in quality.
In a formal typology, building types are usually distinguished by their basic shape, site placement, and scale, but not by their specific architectural style, technology, chronology, geographical location or use. [6] For example, a cursory formal analysis of the townhouse will identify the following "minimum essential formal characteristics."
The concept of architectural style is studied in the architectural history as one of the approaches ("style and period") that are used to organize the history of architecture (Leach lists five other approaches as "biography, geography and culture, type, technique, theme and analogy"). [5]
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 ...
Buildings and structures by architectural style (24 C) ... Art Moderne architecture (2 C, 13 P) Art Nouveau architecture (7 C, 7 P) B. Baroque architectural styles ...
Folk Victorian House Style. Folk Victorian architecture became popular in the late 19th century as a more affordable alternative to the opulent Queen Anne and Italianate styles (see below) of the ...