Learn flooring styles in interior design in 2 hours

Name: Learn flooring styles in interior design in 2 hours
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Architectural flooring styles evolution in a simple visual way for interior designers practice

Created byAurelian Castravet

Last updated 1/2024

English

What you'll learn

learn in a simple visual image based way evolution of architectural styles and flooring
understand the core of how flooring styles and materials developed using different era's technologies
understand architectural styles features in order to be able to consult clients at a higher level (for interior designers)
learn the architectural styles characteristics, in order to be able to identify and implement them in design projects

Course content

1 section • 28 lectures • 1h 52m total length

Intro Flooring and architectural styles1:16
Short flooring history14:51
Prehistoric era2:20
Mesopotamia _ Near East _ Sumerian2:27
Egypt4:43
Explore how ancient Egyptian art shaped Greek and Roman styles, with religious symbolism guiding interior design, architecture, and color palettes dominated by gold, sun motifs, and warm earth tones.
Greece5:04
Rome6:02
Explore how ancient Rome shaped interior design and flooring, from cement and burnt brick surfaces to herringbone floors, marble ornament, and Greek influence.
Byzantine style4:18
Gothic style4:28
Japanese style4:18
Explore traditional Japanese architecture and interior design, where wood dominates construction, natural materials like cedar and bamboo shape spaces, and Zen, Shinto, and Buddhist influences drive minimalist aesthetics.
Chinese style3:23
Korean style4:24
Indian style5:01
Islamic styles4:06
Renaissance _ Colonial style5:31
Baroque3:45
Discover baroque flooring, a grand 17th-century European aesthetic featuring marble, wood, and lavish decorations with oval and ellipse patterns to evoke movement.
Rococo4:10
Transition to Modern Era2:55
Trace the transition to the modern era, showing how new technologies and faster production spurred rapid changes in flooring styles from ornate wood parquet to marble floors.
Neoclassicism _ Adam style4:38
Empire _ Regency3:19
Georgian style2:36
Victorian Era2:19
Beaux Arts2:12
Beaux-Arts architecture emerged in France through the School of Fine Arts, blending French neoclassicism with Gothic and Renaissance elements, iron and glass, and influencing United States architecture.
Art Nouveau3:12
Art Deco3:02
Modern style _ Bauhaus3:43
Postmodern style1:35
Hi tech _ Deconstructivism2:29

Requirements

no experience needed

Description

This course is created in a simple visual image based way, so it doesn't have any requirements and it is available for anyone who wants to learn architectural styles history, flooring evolution and characteristics during time.

It is very useful for interior designers who want to increase their styles knowledge level and apply that further in their designer's practice and during client consultation.

Flooring, being a surface that cannot be omitted during any interior design project, must be applied acording to the architectural style that is used by the interior designer using client's preferences. In this course, flooring evolution through history is analyzed as the main subject along architectural styles, in order to understand the available era technology used to create and apply the flooring materials, as well as the shapes and charcacteristics that influenced how flooring developed along styles. By understanding the process of flooring evolution and creation, it's style features, we can understand the main idea how to choose and recommend to our clients the best certain choice for flooring materials in their interior design projects.

Although the course is based on architectural and interior design topics, it doesn't mean that it is created only for this types of activity.

Who this course is for:

anyone who wants to learn about architectural styles
interior designers