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Stick Style 1860–1890+ (US) Queen Anne Style architecture (United States) 1880–1910s (US) Eastlake Style 1879–1905 (US) Richardsonian Romanesque 1880s–1905 (US) Shingle Style 1879–1905; Neo-Byzantine 1882–1920s (US) Renaissance Revival. American Renaissance; Châteauesque 1887–1930s (Canada, US, Hungary) Canadian Chateau 1880s ...
The high style is mostly seen in expensive public buildings and the houses of the wealthy, while the vernacular form is more common in typical domestic architecture. The exterior style could be expressed in either wood, brick or stone, though high style examples on the whole prefer stone facades or brick facades with stone details (a brick and ...
William Watts Sherman House as built. January 5 – Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera in France, designed by Charles Garnier, opens. June 13 – Sage Chapel at Cornell University, designed by Charles Babcock, holds opening services.
Historically unprecedented grid of wide windows, clear expression of structural frame, and minimalist ornamentation on the Marquette Building (1895).. While the term "Chicago School" is widely used to describe buildings constructed in the city during the 1880s and 1890s, this term has been disputed by scholars, in particular in reaction to Carl Condit's 1952 book The Chicago School of ...
The architecture of the United States demonstrates a broad variety of architectural styles and built forms over the country's history of over two centuries of independence and former Spanish, French, Dutch and British rule. Architecture in the United States has been shaped by many internal and external factors and regional distinctions.
A number of pattern books have been very influential in spreading architectural styles. An early author of pattern books was American architect Minard Lafever . In 1829 he published The Young Builders' General Instructor , followed by Modern Builders' Guide in 1833, The Beauties of Modern Architecture in 1835 and The Architectural Instructor in ...
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The Lakshmi Vilas Palace (Gujarati: લક્ષ્મી વિલાસ મહેલ) in Vadodara, Gujarat, India, was constructed in 1890 by the Gaekwad family, a prominent Maratha family, who ruled the Baroda State. Major Charles Mant was credited to be the main architect of the palace.