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neo-vernacular

neo-vernacular adjective: in architecture, representing a return to traditional materials as a reaction against modernism.

Adjective

neo-vernacular

  1. In architecture, representing a return to traditional materials as a reaction against modernism.
    • Birmingham's Cross-City route between Redditch/Bromsgrove and Lichfield opened in 1978. The public dislike of 1960s designs led to BR's John Broome adopting neo-vernacular brick to achieve a more traditional look for the new stations - as here at University.2020 December 2, Anthony Lambert, “Reimagining Railway Stations”, in Rail, page 40, photo caption

Origin of neo-vernacular

From neo- + vernacular.

Questions about neo-vernacular

What does neo-vernacular mean?
Neo-vernacular means in architecture, representing a return to traditional materials as a reaction against modernism.
What part of speech is neo-vernacular?
Neo-vernacular is an adjective.

Words near neo-vernacular in the dictionary

  1. neo-Trotskyist
  2. neo-Trotskyists
  3. neo-ultramontanism
  4. neo-ultramontanist
  5. neo-ultramontanists
  6. neo-vernacular
  7. neo-Victorian
  8. neo-Victorians
  9. neo-Western
  10. neo-Westerns
  11. neo-Zionism

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