Architectural Tutorial: Contemporary Style

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In our upcoming Architectural Tutorials, we will be outlining and defining architectural styles. Today's tutorial will cover contemporary architecture.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Contemporary architecture is typically defined as the "building style of the present day."* But the styles of present day have a variety of influences, so the term is not so easily characterized. The contemporary style has been known to</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">feature reflective surfaces, clean and sleek lines, innovative graphical patterns, unusual colors, rounded forms, and asymmetrical designs."**</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Contemporary homes often incorporate materials like stainless steel, polished marble, chrome and recycled materials and frequently deal with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the monochromatic, minimalistic and neutral color schemes.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You may not know that in addition to our many traditional residential designs, Visbeen Associates has numerous contemporary homes in our portfolio of work. Here are just a few examples of our contemporary designs.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div style="text-align: center; "><i>Sinclaire - </i><i>Detroit Home Design Award Winner</i></div></span></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrlDdNwt0o-Ay3xm8av8-sOgQY6p_3gjIqMo3kGaSeENZ5WRaBJlz1KGUvf5seYJLD2-KThHMvVq44S8u6SblKyBMljupj9mdHw96SfYUhX9CwOqhnQFiKZFAvEsjadPNY3wp0Gsznjsw/s1600/1-A_DSF8708.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582495453774242370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrlDdNwt0o-Ay3xm8av8-sOgQY6p_3gjIqMo3kGaSeENZ5WRaBJlz1KGUvf5seYJLD2-KThHMvVq44S8u6SblKyBMljupj9mdHw96SfYUhX9CwOqhnQFiKZFAvEsjadPNY3wp0Gsznjsw/s320/1-A_DSF8708.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i>Reynard - ARDA & Detroit Home Design Award Winner</i></span></i></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpeBMmE-TS38CuB2IzIad2VW9Nzjb_Posi0R64OwDcC8hSC_aebQJOO6BZnujyD_AXQli_eiLrtx0FK-WrsOploF8BseULuJzLmq0tKfO8FE3aPxPLSDpnntV5bLVgGdvTS7jVmhNWtPg/s1600/2-IMG_4671.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582495442892650274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpeBMmE-TS38CuB2IzIad2VW9Nzjb_Posi0R64OwDcC8hSC_aebQJOO6BZnujyD_AXQli_eiLrtx0FK-WrsOploF8BseULuJzLmq0tKfO8FE3aPxPLSDpnntV5bLVgGdvTS7jVmhNWtPg/s320/2-IMG_4671.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 124px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3HNu593SA0ZAA6kYdMi5eRntIBfHMpUyUlMsNPrJU_UKgpVwXsN5vX3A8oIK0dKKcU77OGT22AS0kEoBmUNBl921yaBn30-yMs8yc2YUogckHNYPFjx1IhKCO5yVnxgM81EBM6wJzOvX/s1600/3-IMG_4412-3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582494510407149154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3HNu593SA0ZAA6kYdMi5eRntIBfHMpUyUlMsNPrJU_UKgpVwXsN5vX3A8oIK0dKKcU77OGT22AS0kEoBmUNBl921yaBn30-yMs8yc2YUogckHNYPFjx1IhKCO5yVnxgM81EBM6wJzOvX/s320/3-IMG_4412-3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Aronimink</i></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiUZUXqlf5rdD74ZUllP61qY7Oh6TFe-jNMN-582j23oj_lzpM3y8VYLS84KRHXq9TkYWHd8Hh5kP6GyrhHPDUxVKeWk4b4NYueGIchfmtvSmQxBYgRwvZJumkUHcAJIBBORS3OjUwhYn/s1600/4-Smith+Front.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582494503734204434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiUZUXqlf5rdD74ZUllP61qY7Oh6TFe-jNMN-582j23oj_lzpM3y8VYLS84KRHXq9TkYWHd8Hh5kP6GyrhHPDUxVKeWk4b4NYueGIchfmtvSmQxBYgRwvZJumkUHcAJIBBORS3OjUwhYn/s320/4-Smith+Front.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 153px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4jZi55Jpr-GbMKNXqaB2foNWJoXb5hMaLVvch9Ei_K4TFlnb00rd0Ea9gCXTyBIOvFEcxeMMfWyjlg6ee87uWzbxcNfumUzl8GMMLfhOSz4OVoyepkkFUMoQNxYdqhquD6reo4mNegMY/s1600/5-Smith+Rear.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582494499828065474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4jZi55Jpr-GbMKNXqaB2foNWJoXb5hMaLVvch9Ei_K4TFlnb00rd0Ea9gCXTyBIOvFEcxeMMfWyjlg6ee87uWzbxcNfumUzl8GMMLfhOSz4OVoyepkkFUMoQNxYdqhquD6reo4mNegMY/s320/5-Smith+Rear.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 196px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sebastian</i></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE0ULnh06DWdekC9YG4Q5a8WBJSQEHo7dyowAn4tH27fYDCB63zZEzJ0-Jbu1DvKIp4myZ4hPg8w09Is4hp4syMAHzUSTt6DAbmfZvbalrULKz_1zzHRarAWd6ZqDTExC8BH11HRDQjgqi/s1600/6-S1_5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582494494380764098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE0ULnh06DWdekC9YG4Q5a8WBJSQEHo7dyowAn4tH27fYDCB63zZEzJ0-Jbu1DvKIp4myZ4hPg8w09Is4hp4syMAHzUSTt6DAbmfZvbalrULKz_1zzHRarAWd6ZqDTExC8BH11HRDQjgqi/s320/6-S1_5.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 119px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZV3WWd_vPX1bX8b4XF8z1SW99M-fb51Eq9HaMwZcsKHrXYj-IJBEj-0Ujn8WxwSFaCnZiPyhCEazpwvFjr6WAqJZN_ZFOcS_S_Ef-oD45rbtX3YljOb3Qu5gp9TpwiFZ0f8h9NGcfYq5/s1600/7-S1_6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582494487513095554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZV3WWd_vPX1bX8b4XF8z1SW99M-fb51Eq9HaMwZcsKHrXYj-IJBEj-0Ujn8WxwSFaCnZiPyhCEazpwvFjr6WAqJZN_ZFOcS_S_Ef-oD45rbtX3YljOb3Qu5gp9TpwiFZ0f8h9NGcfYq5/s320/7-S1_6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 142px;" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*http://www.wisegeek.com/m/what-is-contemporary-architecture.htm</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">**http://www.homedesignfans.com/4524/difference-between-meaning-contemporary-and-modern-design/</span></i></span></div></span></span></span></div>

Architectural Tutorial: Contemporary Style

In our upcoming Architectural Tutorials, we will be outlining and defining architectural styles. Today's tutorial will cover contempora...

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