Key:building:architecture

According to Wikipedia  architectural style characterizes a building by the features that make it notable and historically identifiable.

How to map

One of the following attributes may be added to a building=*. The following ranges of the date of construction are just to group them. Styles might appear outside the given ranges.

600 - 1400

• building:architecture=islamic -  Islamic architecture
  • building:architecture=mamluk -  Mamluk architecture
• building:architecture=romanesque -  Romanesque architecture
• building:architecture=gothic -  Gothic architecture

1400 - 1800

• building:architecture=renaissance -  Renaissance architecture
• building:architecture=mannerism -  Mannerism
• building:architecture=ottoman -  Ottoman architecture
• building:architecture=baroque -  Baroque architecture
• building:architecture=rococo -  Rococo

1800 - 1900

• building:architecture=empire -  Empire style
• building:architecture=moorish revival -  Moorish revival
• building:architecture=neoclassicism -  Neoclassical architecture
• building:architecture=georgian -  Georgian architecture
• building:architecture=victorian -  Victorian architecture
• building:architecture=historicism -  Historicism (art)

  building:architecture=neo-romanesque -  Romanesque Revival architecture

  building:architecture=neo-byzantine -  Byzantine Revival architecture

  building:architecture=neo-gothic -  Gothic Revival architecture

  building:architecture=neo-renaissance -  Renaissance Revival architecture

  building:architecture=neo-baroque -  Baroque Revival architecture

1900 - 1950

• building:architecture=art_nouveau -  Art Nouveau
• building:architecture=eclectic -  Eclecticism in architecture
• building:architecture=functionalism -  Functionalism
• building:architecture=cubism -  Cubism
• building:architecture=new_objectivity -  New Objectivity
• building:architecture=art_deco -  Art Deco
• building:architecture=modern -  Modern architecture
• building:architecture=amsterdam_school -  Amsterdam_School
• building:architecture=international_style -  International Style

1950 - now

• building:architecture=constructivism -  Constructivism
• building:architecture=stalinist_neoclassicism -  Stalinist architecture
• building:architecture=brutalist -  Brutalist architecture
• building:architecture=postmodern -  Postmodern architecture
• building:architecture=contemporary -  Contemporary architecture

Inspiration for further values can be found in  Category:Architectural styles or article List of architectural styles on Wikipedia.

Vernacular

For buildings, historic heritage edifices, rural and urban houses, built in local vernacular style and method, using local materials and craftsmanship, use building:architecture=vernacular -  vernacular architecture

Mixed styles

If there is no style which dominates by far, use multiple values separated by semicolon beginning with the most dominant style. For example the monastery church in Beuron [1] can be tagged as building:architecture=baroque;neo-byzantine.

Used on Zanzibar by the NGT team

Key	Value	Description
building:architecture	classic_swahili	Term describing the style of a Swahili house in its most basic form usually with a baraza and entrance located either in the middle or to the side of the front elevation and without any additional decorative elements.  Swahili architecture
building:architecture	omani	Term describing buildings stylistically inspired by the Omani architecture found in Zanzibar.  Swahili architecture
building:architecture	indian	Term describing buildings stylistically inspired by the Indian architecture found in Zanzibar.  Swahili architecture
building:architecture	british_colonial	Broad stylistic term applied to buildings built during the period of the British Protectorate in Zanzibar.  Colonial_architecture#British_colonial_architecture
building:architecture	art_deco	Stylistic term defined by geometrical ornamentation, bold use of colours and lavish decoration.  Art_Deco#Architecture
building:architecture	modernism	Broad stylistic term describing structures which are thoroughly modernist in their concept, structure and appearance as well as the stylistic language of various typologies found in the area mainly defined by sparse use of decorative elements and/or application of geometrical forms, projecting horizontal slabs over the entrance, projecting geometrical sunshades over the windows and brise-soleil.  Modernism
building:architecture	eclectic	Term describing the architectural style of buildings which combine particular elements of various styles often with a historical reference. The term applies to all typologies found in the area and can be used to describe buildings with one or multiple citations of various styles in its architectural elements (i.e. the use of crenulations, columns or pilasters as decorative elements in one building).  Eclecticism in architecture
building:architecture	hypermodern	Term describing the architectural style of post-modern (contemporary) buildings often applying strong symbolical architectural expressions. Hypermodern buildings usually show little consideration to their climatic and physical context and are characterized by a mixed use of materials most often including glazing. Hypermodernism_(art)

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See also

• National Register of Historic Places#Building_architecture
• architect=* - Name of architect