Shoebox style explained

In architecture, shoebox style is a functionalist style of modern architecture characterised by predominantly rectilinear, orthogonal shapes, with regular horizontal rows of windows or glass walls.^[1] Dingbat apartments are an undistinguished shoebox style. The puritan and repetitive shoebox style is seen as a way to low-cost construction.^[2]

Shoebox style concert halls of rectangular shape are also popular, as opposed to the traditional circular amphitheatre, arena or horseshoe shapes.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Vineyard style (architecture)

Notes and References

1. The Encyclopedia Americana (1989), p. 238.
2. J.J.Coulton, Michael Raeburn (eds.)(1980) Architecture of the Western World,, p. 61.
3. http://www.acoustics.org/press/149th/kwon.html Music Halls from the 18th to 20th Centuries: Changes in Acoustical and Architectural Criteria
4. Web site: Types & Forms of Theatres. Theater Projects Consultants. 2019-01-01.