American architecture
U.S. built environment
American architecture encompasses building styles developed in or associated with the United States, from colonial adaptations of European forms through distinctly American innovations like the Prairie School, Art Deco skyscrapers, and mid-century modernism.
The term covers both historical movements and contemporary practice: a survey of American architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright transformed American architecture.
Regional variations—New England saltboxes, Southern plantations, Southwestern adobe—reflect diverse climates and cultural influences.
- Colonial RevivalStyle imitating early American architecture
- Empire State BuildingTall NYC landmark structure
- FallingwaterHome spanning a waterfall
- split levelHome with offset stories
- tract housingStandardized residential development
strip mall · Modernism · Brutalism · Chrysler Building · Craftsman · white picket fence · front porch · log cabin · Victorian Gothic · Washington Monument · Monticello · Beaux-Arts · Golden Gate Bridge · adobe · Frank Lloyd Wright · skyscraper · city skyline · Postmodernism
- National architectures
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Regionally rooted building styles
classical architecture · sacred architecture · folk architecture
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Building styles from antiquity
medieval architecture · Roman architecture · Gothic architecture · Byzantine architecture · antiquity
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Construction styles from the continent
Asian architecture · European cathedrals · Chinese architecture · Japanese architecture · Middle Eastern architecture
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