Kêji architecture

Kêji architecture is a decorative style of architecture, first developed in Kozdenen by Doge Peleṽa Thoa-Saevakki. Since its inception, the style has spread to other ŋations, either through Peleṽa's direct involvement in construction or from more subtle borrowings and influences.

Etymology

The term Kêji is a borrowing from Kyawcenni kêji [keːdʒi], meaning "Koz", either as a proper noun or as an adjective. This in turn is borrowed from the Kozramva endonym Keezhʉ [kø̞:ʐɨ] with the same meaning.

History

Kêji architecture can trace its roots to the first permanent structures in Kozdenen. [more info goes here]

The farmhouse and barn in eastern Kozdenen represent the earliest form of Kêji architecture

Characteristics

Although individual buildings vary in terms of which specific traits they exhibit, the following features are characteristic of the Kêji style:

• relatively large in scale
• regular, repeating patterns in wall design and shape
• exterior walls of varying depth, typically consisting of a structural inner layer and a decorative outer layer
• extensive texturing in wall materials, with two-block textures being most common
• mansard rooves, typically constructed from blackstone with cobbled deepslate corners and typically with a border of stone bricks and iron bars
• prolific use of stair blocks within walls to emulate rustication
• oxidised copper dividers separating upper and lower sections, or similar use of cornices

Major Kêji and Kêji-influenced works, by country

Kyaw Cen

The Palace of the Ŋations

• Palace of the Ŋations, headquarters of the United Ŋations