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American Architecture - MSN Encarta (1657 words) |
 | Compared with the architecture in many areas of Europe and in other parts of the world, the architecture of the United States developed with remarkable uniformity. |
| It was a period labeled The Gilded Age by writer Mark Twain, and colorful and exuberant displays in architecture characterized it. |
| High Victorian Gothic architecture, inspired by contemporary work in England and by the critical writing of John Ruskin, appealed to an American desire for more picturesque variety in building styles. |
| Canadian Architecture - MSN Encarta (2301 words) |
| 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. |
| Canadian architecture in the 50 years after the 1867 Confederation was strongly influenced by design techniques and styles that looked to past architecture for ideas and inspiration. |
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