| The Empire State Building, the White House, the | | | | the commencement of the Civil War however, the |
| Golden Gate Bridge, and the United States Capitol - all | | | | acceptance of the Federal form died down. The |
| have one thing in common (except for the obvious | | | | United States Capitol was built in this duration. |
| fact that they are all situated in the USA): they all | | | | In 1837, Queen Victoria started her command in United |
| testify to the rich history of architecture of the USA. | | | | Kingdom. The early decades of the Victorian era |
| The architectural timeline of the USA can be divided | | | | witnessed the enlargement of the industrial revolution. |
| into 5 different periods viz. | | | | Mass production began to set in, thus lowering the |
| * The Colonial period (1607-1830) | | | | price of materials and handling time. Houses started to |
| * The Federal Age (1789-1865) | | | | shift out of their squarish shapes and box like |
| * Victorian Era (1837-1914) | | | | structures, paving the way for more complicated floor |
| * Arts and Crafts (1860-1920) | | | | structures and confused architecture. As the luxury of |
| * Modernism (1920 and beyond) | | | | American cities spread, a widespread demand for a |
| In the 1600s, USA was mainly occupied by immigrants | | | | today's (according to timelicurrent (according to current |
| from Europe who settled in various parts of the | | | | (according to timeline) shape of architecture was |
| country. Thus, the buildings built by them mainly | | | | noticed. This led to a widespread tradition of the |
| constitute the architectural timeline of this period. Early | | | | Victorian form of architecture. However, inception of |
| colonial architecture varied considerably from region to | | | | World War 1 in 1918 marked the ending of this period. |
| region, based on the nationality of the settlers. What is | | | | However the increasing industrialization of the Victorian |
| now commonly called as folk architecture is normally a | | | | age had a frequent feedback as well. People started |
| direct effect of uncomplicated motifs of the | | | | returning to craftsmanship, instead of heavily relying on |
| homelands of the builders finding their way into the | | | | machinery. Spanning the whole of Victorian age and |
| architecture. Important constructions of this era | | | | going beyond the World War, the age of Arts and |
| incorporate Virginia state capitol (one of the leading | | | | craft was a notable duration throughout the whole |
| examples of Georgian architecture) and Pennsylvania | | | | world. America was no exclusion. |
| state house. | | | | Modernism in American architecture is simple, and |
| Federal constructions were a usual find in the post | | | | notional. Going beyond the 1920s and more, modernism |
| colonial era, from the creation of the US constitution to | | | | is heavily influenced by futuristic designs. With |
| the starting of civil war. Federal architecture | | | | examples of giant skyscrapers like the Empire State |
| predominated government buildings and was heavily | | | | Building and the World Trade Center, modernism has |
| found in American settlements (mainly New England). | | | | given America the pet name of the melting pot. The |
| Federal period architecture is generally based on the | | | | roots of the background is expressed, while a |
| English form of architecture. However, a renewal of | | | | substantial move towards more futuristic designs is |
| Greek forms is also noticed, signifying the architectural | | | | maintained, signifying the fact that variation is absolute. |
| freedom of America from the European heritage. With | | | | |