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Architecture styles

Architectural styles, periods, and distinguishing features.

Beaux-ArtsAn academic method organizing monumentality, axes, and sculpted decoration.

Region: France and international capitals
Period: 1830 to 1930
Signature features: axial plans, grand stairs, classical ornament

Georgian styleBritish architecture of measured brick façades, sash windows, and classical proportion.

Region: Britain and Ireland
Period: 1714 to 1830
Signature features: brick façades, sash windows, classical proportion

PalladianismAn architecture of symmetry inspired by Andrea Palladio’s villas and Roman antiquity.

Region: Veneto and Britain
Period: 1508 to 1800
Signature features: temple fronts, strict symmetry, harmonic proportions

Haussmannian styleNineteenth-century Parisian unity rests on alignment, stone, and a legible vertical hierarchy.

Region: Paris
Period: 1853 to 1870
Signature features: cut-stone façades, continuous balconies, mansard roofs