What adjectives can you use to describe buildings/ architecture? Brainstorm a list and then compare with the list below.
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1960s Ancient
Art Nouveau Bad taste
Beautiful/ Gorgeous Boring/ Dull/ Bland
Brick Brightly coloured
Classic Classical
Concrete Dated
Ecologically friendly/ Green Elegant
Famous/ Infamous Gothic
Huge Iconic
Impressive Influential
Innovative Kitsch
Low rise Luxurious
Medieval Minimalist
Mock Tudor Modern
Modernist Multi-storey/ High-rise
Old-fashioned Ornate
Over-the-top Plain
Pebble-dashed Timber
Plate glass Post-modern
Radical/ Revolutionary Renaissance
Residential Romanesque
Ruined Rundown
Simple Single-storey
Spacious Stunning
Tall Timeless
Traditional Ugly/ Hideous
Unexceptional Uninspiring
Unique Wooden
Timbered
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 each sentence that you say.
Choose one of the categories above and discuss which building is “the most…”/ “the … est” with your partner.
Do the same for the most radical/ revolutionary, influential and/ or innovative buildings.
What inventions have most changed architecture, do you think? What are the histories of those inventions?
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thank you…..really helped me
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The word I was thinking of was not there
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Very useful, thanks so much for this list!