The vocabulary of architectural style—traditionally employed by architectural historians and preservationists—is visually accessible and easily learned yet emphasizes elite status hierarchies. “Unfortunately,” Hubka adds, “this professional vocabulary of stylistic terminology can seldom be stretched to apply to most common housing, and it is a major impediment to awarding names and meaningful classifications to houses without names” (11). The preservationist’s...
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Zaha Hadid , in full Dame Zaha Hadid , (born October 31, 1950, Baghdad , Iraq—died March 31, 2016, Miami , Florida , U.S.), Iraqi-...
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