Title: Identify architectural styles.
Course: Interior Design I (19263-I) > Section: Investigating Influences on Interior Design

Identification may include

- definitions and descriptions of major architectural styles of residential and commercial structures (e.g., international, post-modern, contemporary, southern colonial, French manor, Pennsylvania Dutch colonial, split level, Cape Cod, Victorian, Federal)
- the relationship of the various styles to different geographic areas
- ways that vernacular and historic styles satisfied physical and psychological needs, aesthetic desires, and the values and beliefs of different cultural groups.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How did prosperity relate to architectural and other design styles in various periods?
- How did mass production relate to architectural and other design styles in various periods?
- How does the past influence architectural and other design styles today?

Communication

- What questions help clarify the influence of history on architectural and other design styles?
- In what way does the use of communication contribute to an understanding of past architectural and other design?

Leadership

- How does one plan the use of different architectural styles?
- What can be done to inspire a clear understanding of the influence of history on design?

Management

- How can future choices be guided by understanding architectural and other design styles of the past?
- What are the consequences of considering the past in making architectural choices?