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Pre-war architecture

Pre-war architecture refers to buildings built in the period between the turn of the 20th century until the Second World…

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Garrison in architecture

A garrison is an architectural style of house, typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the front. The…

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Shotgun house

A "shotgun house" is a narrow rectangular domestic residence, usually no more than about 12 feet (3.5 m) wide, with…

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Vancouver Special

Vancouver Special is a term used to refer to houses built in a particular architectural style in the period from…

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Tudor Revival architecture

Tudor Revival architecture (commonly called mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture beginning in the United…

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Tudor architecture

The Tudor architectural style is the final development of Medieval architecture in England, during the Tudor period (1485–1603) and even…

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Sydney School

The Sydney School, also the Nuts and Berries style, refers to an architectural style by a group of architects in…

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Świdermajer

Świdermajer is a distinct Polish architectural style developed in late 19th and early 20th century in Masovia along the railroad…

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Shed style

Shed Style refers to a style of architecture that makes use of single-sloped roofs (commonly called "shed roofs"). The style…

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Second Empire architecture

Second Empire is an architectural style, most popular in the latter half of the 19th century and early years of…

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Queenslander architecture

Queenslander architecture is a modern term for the vernacular type of architecture of Queensland, Australia. It is also found in…

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Neo-Mudéjar

The Neo-Mudéjar is a type of Moorish Revival architecture. In Spain, this architectural movement emerged as a revival of the…

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Merdeka Palace

The Merdeka Palace (Indonesian: Istana Merdeka; also known in Indonesian as Istana Gambir and during the Dutch colonial times as…

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Mayan Revival architecture

The Mayan Revival is a modern architectural style, primarily of the 1920s and 1930s in the Americas, that drew inspiration…

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Landhuis

A landhuis (plural landhuizen) is a Dutch colonial country house, often the administrative heart of a particuliere land or private…

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