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Identifying feature

Piloti

Columns, called pilotis, that raise a building one floor above the ground and leave the ground level open. Le Corbusier listed them first among his Five Points of Architecture.

a sign of these styles

Narkomfin Building, Moscow, Russia: an example of Constructivism Constructivism c. 1920–1932 Soviet buildings of stacked cubes and cylinders, with glazed stair towers, corner windows, cantilevered blocks and no ornament. Cahokia Courthouse, Cahokia, Illinois: an example of French Colonial French Colonial c. 1700–1860 Living floors raised a story off the ground, wrapped in full-width porches under one broad hipped roof. Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia: an example of Southeast Asian Southeast Asian c. 800–present Timber houses on stilts and stone temple mountains, under steep roofs with soaring horn-like gable tips.

also seen on

BauhausBlob ArchitectureBrutalismDeconstructivismInternational StyleMetabolismMiami Modern (MiMo)Mid-Century ModernNeo-FuturismStructuralism / High-TechTropical Modernism

often seen with

Flat roof A roof that is level or nearly level, often edged by a low wall called a parapet. Cantilever A beam, floor or part of a building that projects beyond its support and is anchored at only one end. Modular repetition A facade built from one identical unit, such as a window and its frame, repeated in a regular grid. Exposed structure A building's frame, beams, trusses (triangles of linked beams), pipes or ducts left visible instead of… Curtain wall An outer wall of glass and metal panels hung on a building's steel or concrete frame, carrying only its own… Corner window A window that wraps around a building's corner with no post at the corner. Ribbon window A continuous horizontal row of windows across a facade, separated only by thin mullions (upright bars). Exposed concrete Concrete left uncovered as the finished surface, often marked by the wooden formwork (molds) it was poured…