Explore Architecture by Style

Victorian

Ornate, eclectic 19th-century designs spanning Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, and more.

Beaux-Arts

Lavish classical style taught at Paris's École des Beaux-Arts, featuring grand axes, sculptures, and rich detailing.

Modernism

Colonial Revival

Gothic

Medieval European style defined by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, and soaring verticality.

Art Deco

Bold geometric patterns, rich colors, and lavish ornamentation from the 1920s–1930s.

Contemporary

Current-era design emphasizing sustainability, mixed materials, and expressive, site-responsive forms.

Neoclassical

Grand columns, pediments, and symmetry inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, prominent from the mid-18th century.

Romanesque Revival

19th-century revival featuring round arches, heavy masonry, and fortress-like solidity.

Renaissance

Originating in 15th-century Italy, defined by symmetry, proportion, columns, and classical humanism.

High-Tech

Mediterranean Revival

Stucco walls, red tile roofs, arched openings, and courtyards evoking the warmth of the Mediterranean.

Arts and Crafts

Brutalism

Raw concrete, massive forms, and bold geometric shapes, prominent from the 1950s to 1970s.

Classical Roman

Skyscraper

Romanesque

Thick walls, round arches, and sturdy towers characteristic of medieval European architecture before Gothic.

Art Nouveau

Organic curves, floral motifs, and flowing lines inspired by natural forms, popular 1890–1910.

Baroque

Grand, dramatic architecture with ornate detail, bold curves, and a sense of movement, originating in 17th-century Europe.

Eclectic

Sustainable Architecture

Expressionism

Deconstructivism

Fragmented, unpredictable forms that challenge conventional geometry, emerging in the late 1980s.

Tudor Revival

Early 20th-century revival of Tudor forms — half-timber patterns, cross gables, and leaded glass windows.

Chicago School

Pioneering steel-frame skyscrapers with large windows and restrained ornament, born in 1880s Chicago.

Postmodernism

Industrial

Exposed structural elements, raw materials, and utilitarian aesthetics drawn from factories and warehouses.

Classical Greek

Minimalism

Islamic

Geometric patterns, arabesques, muqarnas, and courtyards reflecting centuries of Islamic artistic tradition.

Italianate

Mid-19th-century style inspired by Italian Renaissance villas — low roofs, bracketed cornices, and tall windows.

Prairie Style

Mid-Century Modern

Clean lines, organic curves, and integration with nature, defining postwar design from the 1940s–1960s.

Organic Architecture

Critical Regionalism

Rococo

Elaborate, playful ornamentation with pastel colors, gilding, and asymmetric curves, popular in 18th-century Europe.

Byzantine

Domes, mosaics, and richly decorated interiors rooted in the Eastern Roman Empire tradition.

Iron Architecture

Neo-mudéjar

Mughal

Rajasthani

Futurism

Hindu Temple

California Bungalow

Brussels Style

Structuralism