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Canadian Architecture - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta (2028 words) |
 | Architects designed houses and public buildings in a medley of types and styles, from picturesque cottages with pleasing vistas, decorative windows, and verandas to villas in the Italianate style with flat roofs, windows that were rounded at the top, and tall towers. |
| Perhaps the strongest influence on Canadian architecture in the mid-1800s was the Gothic Revival style of England. |
| The architecture of the Parliament buildings quickly came to symbolize the new country, which was expanding from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. |
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