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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.
Art Deco architecture in the United States (8 C, 4 P) Art Nouveau architecture in the United States (14 C, 8 P) Arts and Crafts architecture in the United States (6 C, 30 P)
Academic architecture was evident, but it was relatively scarce. The best example of Mid-Atlantic Colonial academic architecture is the 1774 Hammond–Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland. This house was modeled on the Villa Pisani in Montagnana, Italy, as exhibited in the Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio's Four Books of Architecture (1570).
American architectural history (6 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "Architecture in the United States" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classical architecture built in the United States following the American Revolution between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was influenced heavily by the works of Andrea Palladio with several innovations on Palladian architecture by Thomas Jefferson and his contemporaries.
The property, with massive stone walls, a steeply pitched roof, and casement windows, reflects a style of post-medieval architecture found in England, but which was rare in 17th century America ...