In architecture, shoebox style is a functionalist style of modern architecture characterised by predominantly rectilinear, orthogonal shapes, with regular horizontal rows of windows or glass walls.The Encyclopedia Americana (1989) , p. 238. Dingbat apartments are an undistinguished shoebox style. The puritan and repetitive shoebox style is seen as a way to low-cost construction.J.J.Coulton, Michael Raeburn (eds.)(1980) Architecture of the Western World, , p. 61.
Shoebox style concert halls of rectangular shape are also popular, as opposed to the traditional circular amphitheatre, arena or horseshoe shapes.Music Halls from the 18th to 20th Centuries: Changes in Acoustical and Architectural Criteria
See also Vineyard style (architecture)
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