Sir Robert Smirke was an important neoclassical architect, designing buildings inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, and rejecting the frills of rococo and baroque architecture. He designed The ...

The U.K., most notably England and Ireland, is ripe with Norman architecture, a style which dominated castles and churches beginning in the 11th century. Italy is home to the Renaissance ...

Windows became bigger, and carved or moulded strapwork created symmetrical geometric patterns which typified the style of the Elizabethan ... Some of the best Elizabethan architecture is at ...