Every positive achievement of Italian architecture in recent years has been a response to this need. Consider, for example, one of the most inspired structures of Pier Luigi Nervi, the new ...

Like any architectural style, Italianate characteristics were merged and recombined with other styles emerging at the time. The addition of a mansard roof — found often as a fifth floor — classifies ...

Neo-Grec was a highly influential architectural style when it hit Brooklyn’s streets in the height of the brownstone era. Its simple lines and Greek influence was in many ways a reaction against the ...

Created by architects in the middle of the 20th century, midcentury modern is a style born out of post–World War II optimism and new technological developments of the age. With the advancements ...

The tower is part of the first generation of Italian modern architecture. It measures 75 metres (246 ft) in height to the ...

In the 1920s, the appeal of a leisure-laden Mediterranean villa and the lifestyle that came with it hit its peak, which birthed the timeless Mediterranean-style home. This brand of architecture ...

As architecture historian William Morgan explains, the Victorian era ran from Queen Victoria’s ascension to the throne in 1837 to her death in 1901 and includes a host of highly detailed styles.

Italian architectural influence spread to America in the mid-19th century by way of English builders and pattern books. What became known as the Italianate style largely consists of boxlike two ...

Italian-style architecture adorning Firenze’s Lido Pool area adds to a party atmosphere. (Photo by David Dickstein) It certainly was rough seas for these twin ships even in favorable weather ...

As architectural styles continued to evolve, the classical movement involving Greek and Italian architecture gave way to styles that were less ornate and less directed to ancient cultures.

LANCASTER IN STYLE, PART 27: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL, 1890-1930 ... Taste of Italy: Public buildings, mansions were designed in Renaissance Revival style [architecture column] ...