Shoebox style (architecture)
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In architecture, shoebox style refers to the functionalist style of modern architecture characterised by predominantly rectilinear, orthogonal shapes, with regular horizontal rows of windows or glass walls. [1]
Along the same analogy, it refers to undistinguished styles of apartment houses, such as dingbat apartments.
The puritan and repetitive shoebox style is seen as a way to low-cost construction. [2]
The term "shoebox style" is also applies to concert halls of rectangular shape, as opposed to the traditional circular amphitheatre/arena/horseshoe shapes. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ The Encyclopedia Americana (1989) ISBN 0717201201, p. 238.
- ^ J.J.Coulton, Michael Raeburn (eds.)(1980) Architecture of the Western World, ISBN 084780349X, p. 61.
- ^ Music Halls from the 18th to 20th Centuries: Changes in Acoustical and Architectural Criteria
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