adjectives to describe architecture

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    Adjectives to describe architecture

    What adjectives can you use to describe buildings/ architecture? Brainstorm alist and then compare with the list below.

    1960s AncientArt Nouveau Bad tasteBeautiful/ Gorgeous Boring/ Dull/ BlandBrick Brightly colouredClassic ClassicalConcrete DatedEcologically friendly/ Green ElegantFamous/ Infamous GothicHuge IconicImpressive InfluentialInnovative KitschLow rise LuxuriousMedieval MinimalistMock Tudor ModernModernist Multi-storey/ High-riseOld-fashioned OrnateOver-the-top PlainPebble-dashed TimberPlate glass Post-modernRadical/ Revolutionary Renaissance

    Residential RomanesqueRuined RundownSimple Single-storeySpacious StunningTall TimelessTraditional Ugly/ HideousUnexceptional UninspiringUnique WoodenTimbered

    Choose a building that you think your partner will know and describe it until

    they guess what you are thinking of. They can only guess once for eachsentence you say.

    Choose one of the categories above and discuss which building is themost/ the est with your partner.

    Do the same for the most radical/ revolutionary, influential and/ or innovativebuildings.

    What inventions have most changed architecture, do you think? What are thehistories of those inventions?