Anne Marie is right! Architecture and construction is very skeuomorphic:
- vinyl or aluminum siding that looks like wood clapboard (not to mention the imprinted wood-grain texture on same)
- asphalt shingles colored or textured to appear like wood shakes or slate
- tin ceilingsĀ imprinted to appear as plaster
- wood ceiling beams that areĀ applied for appearance and not structural
- veneer brick wall panels, pre-fabricated and lifted into place on a tall building
- linoleum imprinted to look like ceramic tile, or brick, or wood flooring
- plastic laminate counter tops designed to look like granite
- exterior window shutters applied fixed to the walls, too small to cover the window even if they could move
It is interesting (and I think true) that residential construction seems to be more skeuomorphic than large-scale commercial construction, i.e., skeuomorphs are used to maintain a traditional, conservative appearances.
