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Affordable Housing

Art Deco and Art Nouveau both are great in my eyes. (Neo-)Gothic cathedrals and churches are also wonderful.

But one more regional thing: I really like the Brick Gothic style. It is robust against wear and tear and still looks great.

Mud huttingdon:

Yeah, art deco is definitely high on that list. Also brutalism. I especially love brutalist interiors.

Any style older than 60 years that is not brutalism.

Things used to have decor before, we've moved to a functionality only infrastructure, it's always done in the cheapest way possible and it's sort of depressing

I'm a sucker for that 60's retrofuturism. The sleek, clean, and curved design of it all with such an optimistic view of the future is such a satisfying and happy vibe

Art deco, full stop.

Brutalism. The few brutalist buildings in my city are a welcome respite for the eyes against the blinged out crap they're building nowadays.

I love this style of modern architecture from the late 1960s to early 1980s:

Waterfall. Agile is a mess.

Brutalism and Art Deco, not together obviously, but +1000 points to Affordable Housing @supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz lol

Idk about regular houses but I wish factories were still styled like they were in the Victorian era. There's a reason so many got converted into offices and apartments

Renaissance exterior of building. Carvings in concrete. Stone block buildings. Gargoyles. Corner decorations on ceilings.

Second Art Nouveau. Art Deco is nice, but I think over played as a throwback.

Also a fan of a neoclassical Italianate style. Square columns, low flat roofs, towers and tall thin windows. It can vary, but when done in a clean and simple style, it's very nice IMO.

The full swathe from Art Nouveau/Jugendstil through Art Deco/Moderne and Bauhaus functionalism through to 1950s modernism. If I had to be more specific, I’d focus on British interwar modernism.

Absolutely gonna agree with OP. Art deco is absolutely amazing and 100% my pic.

Brutalist

Gorgeous brutalist, not "let's cut corners and costs" Soviet brutalist, but Le Corbusier tier.

Actual decoration instead of just cheap sheetrock and Metal fixtures.

Also houses for everyone

Art Nouveau. So much beauty, style and experimentation in only 20 years.

Art Nouveau. It looks so whimsical. I'd also like a Gothic/Gothic Revival.

Cubism. Just to convince people it's not about designing things any 5yo can build in Minecraft.

I love cities with hidden courtyards. I know Spanish colonial has a lot of this, but Paris (not sure the style) does too. I'm not saying it's the direction we should move in regarding efficiency nor climate proofing, but it's really nice to get a little semi-private outdoor space (they are often shared between several houses) and have windows that open up to it. It also creates a feeling of mystery, like you really need to get to know a city before it will open it's doors to you.

Haussmanian , as in multi-story mixed use buildings : 6 or 7 floors. Bottom floor is for businesses. Top floor is subdivided in small but cheap one bedrooms. Built in an H, O or U footprint with a central courtyard for the whole building to share. Facade can have art nouveau architectural elements but whatever is cheap is good.

I have a really big thing for 70s PNW homes done really, really well. The vaulted ceilings, open concept main areas with multiple levels, the sunken living rooms, the cedar used everywhere… just leave out the shag carpet and I’ll be A-OK.

Not exactly a style, but those conversation pit things need to come back.

Generally speaking, art deco, for houses specifically, Georgian.

Art deco. And I need it to get going yesterday so the place feels even more like fallout after ww3

I’d like for Baroque furniture to come back. Hella sturdy.

Hey I love Union Terminal! Great museum. And you're right, the building is beautiful. The massive mural in the entrance area is my favorite piece of any building I know of.

Brutalis Style

19th century german architecture + red brick Gothic.

Prairie and Craftsman Bungalows. Unfortunately, I don't think that either is a particularly energy efficient design.

Something that doesn't look or feel like it was made at a factory