Arche-tecture
The archetypes of architecture
The starbursts and pastels of Googie. The angularity and colorful bursts of Art Deco. The topics below are mainly Western styles for now and are arranged generally by timeline of adoption, starting with Greco-Roman classical architecture all the way to Postmodern.
![Arche-tecture Icon of Roy's Motel and Café on Route 66](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Arche-tecture-Illustration.png)
![Postmodern Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Postmodern-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Postmodernism
A rebellion against the “modern” glass box that reintroduced some ornament
![Brutalist Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Brutalist-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Brutalism
A fittingly harsh name for this spiritual sister of the International Style
![International Style Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/International-Style-Architecture-Illustration.png)
International Style
The style that redefined corporate architecture and gave us the “glass box”
![Googie Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Googie-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Googie
Mid-century visions of the future in building form, heavy on the Space Race aesthetic
![Icon of a typical mid-century modern house, modelled after 1020 W Via Vadera in Palm Springs, California](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Mid-Century-Modern-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Mid-Century Modern
The style that redefined suburban America during the 1950s and 1960s
![Streamline Moderne Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Streamline-Moderne-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Streamline Moderne
An polished, more minimalist and more horizontal offshoot of the Art Deco style
![Art Deco Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Art-Deco-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Art Deco
Very much modern, but with a decorative flair and a subtle eye on the past
![Art Nouveau Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Art-Nouveau-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Art Nouveau
The first style to kick off the modern movement, which drew inspiration from nature
![American Queen Anne Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/American-Queen-Anne-Architecture-Illustration.png)
American Queen Anne
A confusing and misleading name for a very quirky and colorful style
![Icon of a Victorian Second Empire residence, modelled after Croft's Villa in Rhinebeck, NY](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Victorian-Second-Empire-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Victorian Second Empire
A quirky style best known for giving us the stereotypical Halloween house
![Neoclassical Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Neoclassical-Architecture-Illustration.png)
American Neoclassical
Classicism enjoyed another revival in America, shaping public buildings for decades
![Icon of a typical English neoclassical building, modelled after 12 St. James Square in London](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/English-Neoclassical-Architecture-Illustration.png)
English Neoclassical
Not fully Classical, not fully Renaissance, but some blend of the two – with a British flair
![Icon of Santorini buildings in the Cycladic style](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Santorini-Illustration.png)
Cycladic
An iconic vernacular style characterized by white stone and blue domes
![French Baroque Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/French-Baroque-Architecture-Illustration.png)
French Baroque
The Chateau style was fit for a king, but the Baroque style was made for an emperor
![French Chateau Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/French-Chateau-Architecture-Illustration.png)
French Chateau Style
A style literally fit for kings and queens, marrying Gothic and Renaissance
![Baroque Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Baroque-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Italian Baroque
The Catholic Church’s highly decorative and theatrical statement style
![Italian Renaissance Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Italian-Renaissance-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Italian Renaissance
The first major return to Classical roots, making it the first of the neoclassical styles
![Gothic Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Gothic-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Gothic
The first real departure from Greco-Roman designs, with visions of heaven
![Classical Architecture](http://archetypical.us/wp-content/uploads/Classical-Architecture-Illustration.png)
Classical (Greco-Roman)
From Mediterranean shores came the West’s “one style to rule them all”