All architectural styles of China and the West, ancient and modern.

1. By country (ethnic group) and region

Chinese, Japanese, Singaporean, British, French, American, etc.

It is often used to generalize a region, such as European, European-American, Mediterranean, Australian, African, Latin American and so on.

2. According to the type of building

Residential architectural style, villa architectural style, office architectural style, commercial architectural style, religious architectural style, and other public architectural styles (such as schools, museums, government office buildings).

3. According to the genre of historical development

(1) Ancient Greek architectural style, about 800 BC to 300 AD.

(2) Roman architectural style, from about 300 BC to 365 AD, Roman architectural style is an important source of European architectural art..

(3) European medieval architectural style, from 400 to 1400, feudal lords ruled the economy and castle buildings prevailed.

(4) Renaissance architectural style, from A.D. 1420 to A.D. 1550, architecture changed from experience to science, constantly breaking through the academic and castle-like closure.

The above four categories can be called classical architectural styles.

(5) Neoclassical architectural style.

This style has appeared three times, and the earliest time is from 1750 to 1880. It is the last stage of European classicism, characterized by magnificent volume, rigorous use of columns and little decoration. The second time it appeared in 1900- 1920, with certain retro characteristics. The third time it appeared in 1982, its main feature was to combine classicism with modernism and add new situations. This style is very popular all over the world today.

(6) Modern comment style, 1960- 1975. Originated from the "Modern Art Movement" in the 1960s in the West, he used new materials and technologies to build buildings adapted to modern life, with gorgeous appearance and little use of decoration.

(7) Postmodernism, also known as "postmodernism", began to appear in 1980. This architectural style reintroduces decorative patterns and colors in architectural design, and draws lessons from historical parts of different periods in a compromise way, but it is not retro.

4. According to the way of architecture.

(1) Gothic architectural style.

Popular in all centuries (1050- 1550), mostly religious buildings. The main features are the towering spire, superhuman scale and complicated decoration, forming a unified and upward melody.

(2) Baroque architectural style.

1600- 1760, which is almost the most exquisite and decorative architectural style, should be pursued deliberately even if it is too complicated.

(3) Rococo architectural style.

1750- 1790 mainly originated in France, representing the last stage of baroque style, and its main feature is the extensive use of semi-abstract decoration.

(4) The architectural style of battens.

A pure American residential style, mainly characterized by horizontal and wooden frame structure.

(5) Garden style.

This style has been popular since 1970s, and it has been hyped into a concept in Shenzhen market. It is characterized by planting flowers and trees around buildings, improving greening and creating garden landscape through environmental planning and landscape design.

(6) Conceptual style.

It became popular internationally in the 1990s. In fact, it is a model building, more imaginative, striving to get rid of the restrictions and constraints on the building itself and create a highly personalized architectural style.