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Fine arts > Architecture > Mimetic architecture

Preferred term

Mimetic architecture

Definition(s)

Use for buildings that physically illustrate their name or function in their plan or elevation, for example a dairy stand shaped like a milk bottle [AAT]

Broader concept(s)

Architecture

Synonym(s)

Buildings, mimetic
Mimetic buildings
Programmatic architecture
Representative architecture

Notation

119099

In other languages

Architecture parlante

French

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-P6XQFH9F-K

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