Architecture in Caphiria
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Caphiric architecture is an architectural style developed by architects either directly or indirectly influenced by the Imperium of Caphiria. Caphiric architecture is a very broad and diverse style, which cannot be simply classified by period, due to Caphiria's continual inhabitation and influence throughout the region. As a result, Caphiric architecture demonstrates great historical and geographical diversity, depending on the historical period. Caphiria is known for its considerable architectural achievements, such as the construction of aqueducts, temples, and similar structures during the Republic and Principate eras, the Latinic Renaissance architectural movement in the late-14th to 16th century, and has influenced the designs which the world's elite build their elaborate and ornate houses.
Caphiric architecture can be distinguished by the impression it leaves on viewers; the style has been used by various Imperators to deliver and enforce their ideology. During the late 19th and 20th centuries, this was reflected in by incorporating elements like flat roofs, horizontal extensions, uniformity, and lack of decor to create "an impression of simplicity, uniformity, monumentality, solidity and eternity," which is how the Caphiria wanted to appear, especially throughout the Second Great War. The post-war design language shifted to focus on new building materials and a burst of architectural energy that would go on to form their own sub-schools, such as Caphiro-Gothic and Baroque.
Contemporary Caphiric architecture contrasts against its Brutalist roots by taking a pluralist approach to design; the styles of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Caphiro-futurism, rationalism, and modernism.