OUGD603 - Typeface design - Neoclassical, Classical & Grecian architecture

The final influence and architectural style of Grainger Town is Classical. Classical architecture usually is derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity.  Although classical styles of architecture can vary greatly, they can in general all be said to draw on a common "vocabulary" of decorative and constructive elements. The elements of classical architecture have been applied in radically different architectural contexts and it can vary in a number of ways, and this is one of the reasons it is still used in contemporary architecture. In general it follows many of the same rules of Greek and Neoclassical architecture such as clear rules and rationality, therefore for a majority of research on Classical architecture it was much as the same to the prior styles.