Buildings convey meanings. 1 People make inferences from building exteriors about what goes on inside 2 3 Should a courthouse look more like a courthouse than a factory, prison, or office building? If so, what form would that take? Until the rise of modern architecture in the 1930s, public buildings and courthouses in the U. S. often had a neo-classical style. 4 Buildings in this style, such as the White House and U. S. Supreme Court building, tended to be white, and they had symmetr...
