Like stick and spindlework Queen Anne, shingle architectural style presents a uniquely American adaptation of other traditions.
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Bruce Wentworth, AIA, is a
practicing architect whose
insights on residential architec-
ture have been published in
House Beautiful, the New York Times, Southern Living, the Washingtonian, Washington
Post, Colonial Homes and Other periodicals. Ask the Architect appears frequently in the Times Mirror news group, and has been featured in titles published by Media General, Network Communications and others.
insights on residential architec-
ture have been published in
House Beautiful, the New York Times, Southern Living, the Washingtonian, Washington
Post, Colonial Homes and Other periodicals. Ask the Architect appears frequently in the Times Mirror news group, and has been featured in titles published by Media General, Network Communications and others.
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Category Archives: Styles
Posted on December 27, 2010
A transitional architectural style which links the preceding Gothic Revival with the subsequent Queen Anne.
Posted on December 27, 2010
Considered very modern in the mid-19th century, this architectural style imitated French building fashions of the period.
Posted on December 27, 2010
Began in England as a reaction to formal classical ideals that had dominated architecture for almost two centuries.
Posted on December 27, 2010
This architectural language flourished from about 1830 to 1850 when it was seen as a national style.
