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i was browsing youtube and i saw a video of a guy recording a short house tour of a house in an asian country, and in one of the rooms, he says, "this is a western style room". so it got me wondering, if a western style room is a room that is inspired on western architecture but it was made in a country that is not part of the west, would that mean that a modern house in mexico is "western style"?? are all houses in mexico "western style"?? because people say it's not the west but their architecture is spanish and european and stuff like that but since people and wikipedia say they're not western.. that would mean western style?? thank you!!!!

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[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Firstly, and it's honestly a minor issue, I think your question will draw more answers if it had a title that at least mentions the crux of the question, that is "what is a western style room/home?".

Anyway, answering the question, the distinction of a western-style room, home, hotel, bathroom, suit, or even envelopes is a description generally used only in contrast to the "global norms" that are Western-world designs. So far as I can tell, this isn't (usually) rooted in any sort of bias against the non-Western world, but rather a helpful if coarse indicator about what things will look like.

To that end, classification as western style is mostly going to appear in places where that is not the norm or is not endemic to the given place. Japan is a good example as the island nation continues to have its own designs that remain popular, while having imported a great number of western ideas since the Meiji Restoration in the mid 1800s.

Whereas the distinction as western design isn't very useful when all relevant design options already stem from western approaches. Take for example the slender and tall townhomes common in the Netherlands. If such a townhome were constructed in San Francisco, calling it a western design is terribly unhelpful, as a standard townhouse in San Francisco would already be of American (and thus western) design. Rather, that home would be described as "Dutch style", to contrast against the standards found in SW America, which hews closely with standard American construction but with notable Spanish influence, such as tile roofs and verandas.

The distinction also doesn't help when comparing forms that most wouldn't even find comparable. So an alpine cabin (a cold weather, western design) is not comparable to an Alaskan Indigenous igloo despite both being a home or dwelling. There must be at least some similarity before drawing the destination of western or eastern or whatever design.

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Firstly, and it’s honestly a minor issue, I think your question will draw more answers if it had a title that at least mentions the crux of the question, that is “what is a western style room/home?”.

I absolutely despise when people do that- it's a pet peeve of mine.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

I use the Voyager app which allows replying to a post from the Home page. Reading the body of a post is optional.

As well, I'm pretty sure it's a rule of the community that a post title must end in a question mark. Thankfully, post titles can be edited on Lemmy!

[–] Venator 1 points 3 days ago

Everywhere on earth except the north and south pole are west of somewhere 😜

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Was the Western style, like cowboys, rodeos and buffalo stuff, or Western like European which was somehow distinct from their Eastern style rooms?

[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Meanwhile in the US they call those Western style saloon doors, French doors... (spoiler alert, they are not French).

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 3 points 5 days ago

Achually! Historians said it has been invented in Paris in 1789 and not in Belgium.

Belgium did import those after learning to make them from rotisserie "Chez Pèlerin" in Montmartre, with the success we all know.

But it seems fries are indeed French. Not that we care about that fact, we prefer eating "des frites belges" as everyone else, they taste better than freedom fries.

[–] adrianhooves@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

western as in "the western world"!!

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Then I think the answer is yes. I'm not sure what the difference is between Western style and Eastern style rooms, but I'm guessing that they got their names by being the norm in that region. If you're in the West and you have a room, and you didn't try to make it Eastern style, or another alternative, then it's probably a Western style room.

[–] reactive2614@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In india , western style usually is referred to bathroom with jaded throne

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

A throne that has seen so much shit, it's become jaded.