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nemorosa
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19 Sep 2011, 3:00 pm

Christopherwillson wrote:
I would have no idea how to answer that :P do cities even have a certain style?


Yes, they do. Though generally more modern cities lack any distinctive character.



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19 Sep 2011, 3:02 pm

wouldn't they be called mixed style then? LOL
like Los Angeles.. that's really a city with so many different (styles?)


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19 Sep 2011, 3:14 pm

Cities can have a general style whereas city-districts and quarters can have very distinctive styles,too.
So you could describe a city as being a mix with predominantly X-architectural style.
Most buildings and infrastructure in a city will have been build in a certain time span depending on its place in history. This time span defines the style then.
I studied urban development a little, and they talked about a city's style often and by saying style you're actually saying "architectural style" but omitting "architectural".
Style mostly revolves around visible trends and if you apply this to a city, it must be about its buildings and thus architecture.



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19 Sep 2011, 4:06 pm

Like Las Vegas with a dash of Phoenix and a couple shakes of Cairo to taste?