parkitecture · noun — A style of 20th-century architecture developed by the United States National Park Service in its efforts to create buildings that harmonized with the natural environment and avoided the regularity and symmetry of the industrial world. It carries an Arena rating of 1358, earned across 74 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, parkitecture ranks #870 of 17,155 for Most Whimsical Words, #1,158 of 17,175 for Funniest Words, #3,829 of 17,153 for Most Incisive Words, #5,974 of 17,153 for The Improbable.
Why “parkitecture” is a great word
PARKITECTURE — [Noun] An architectural style codified by the United States National Park Service, characterized by designs intended to harmonize with the natural landscape through the use of rustic, local materials and deliberately irregular forms. A blend of 'park' (a public garden or area of land for recreation) and 'architecture' (the art or practice of designing buildings). Unlike rustic architecture, a broad aesthetic of rough-hewn simplicity, or Mission 66, the specific mid-century program that popularized it, Parkitecture is an institutional philosophy of environmental subservience. It is the stone-and-timber lodge that seems to grow from the forest floor, the low-slung visitor center mirroring a canyon's strata, and the arched, rubble-stone bridge appearing as a natural causeway—a testament to the human desire to visit a wilderness without leaving an architectural mark.
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Etymology
Blend of park + architecture.
noun
- A style of 20th-century architecture developed by the United States National Park Service in its efforts to create buildings that harmonized with the natural environment and avoided the regularity and symmetry of the industrial world.
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