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All Styles and Movements

The styles and movements of world architecture, from the orders of Greece and the engineering of Rome through Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque to the modern movement and everything built against it since. Grouped into eight period-based bands, distinct from the individual buildings that exemplify a style and from the architects who worked within or against it, and from the milestone that may mark a style's founding or a manifesto that named it.

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Earliest Attested Era
2630 BCE 1
All Styles and Movements
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Abbasid Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Achaemenid Architecture

Ancient and Classical Architecture

Adam Style

Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Architecture

Aerospace Architecture

Postmodern and Contemporary Architecture

Ainu Chashi Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Airplane Bungalow

Early Modern Movement Architecture

American Colonial Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

American Craftsman

Early Modern Movement Architecture

American Empire Style

Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Architecture

American Foursquare

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Amsterdam School

Early Modern Movement Architecture

Ancient Chinese Architecture

Ancient and Classical Architecture

Ancient Chinese Wooden Architecture

Ancient and Classical Architecture

Ancient Egyptian Architecture

Ancient and Classical Architecture

Anglo-Saxon Architecture

Medieval Architecture

Antebellum Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Architectural Eclecticism

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Architectural Rationalism

Early Modern Movement Architecture

Architectural Revivalism

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Architecture Terrible

Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Architecture

Armenian Architecture

Medieval Architecture

Art Deco

Early Modern Movement Architecture

Art Nouveau

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Arts and Crafts Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Arts and Crafts movement

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Ashanti Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Assam-type architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Assyrian Architecture

Ancient and Classical Architecture

Asturian Architecture

Medieval Architecture

Azerbaijani Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Aztec Architecture

Ancient and Classical Architecture

Bagan Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Bahay Kubo Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Bahay na Bato

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Balinese Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Bandeirista Architecture

Brazilian colonial regional style

Baroque Architecture

Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Architecture

Baroque Revival Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Basque Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Batak Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Bauhaus

Early Modern Movement Architecture

Beaux-Arts Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Berg House

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Berlin Style

Postmodern and Contemporary Architecture

Bhutanese Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Biedermeier Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Black Forest House Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Blackhouse Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Blobitecture

Postmodern and Contemporary Architecture

Boom Style Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Bowellism

Postwar and Late Modern Architecture

Brabantine Gothic Architecture

Medieval Architecture

Brancovenesc Architecture

Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Architecture

Brazilian Modernist Architecture

Postwar and Late Modern Architecture

Brick Expressionism

Early Modern Movement Architecture

Brick Gothic Architecture

Medieval Architecture

Broch Architecture

Ancient and Classical Architecture

Brownstone

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Brutalism

Postwar and Late Modern Architecture

Bunong House

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Byre-dwelling

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Byzantine Architecture

Medieval Architecture

Byzantine Revival Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

California Bungalow Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Cape Cod Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Cape Dutch Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Caprom

Postmodern and Contemporary Architecture

Carolingian Architecture

Medieval Architecture

Carpenter Gothic

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Cas di Torto

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Catalan Modernisme

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Chachapoya Architecture

Ancient and Classical Architecture

Chalet Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Champa Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Charleston Single House

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Chateauesque Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Chenes Architecture

Ancient and Classical Architecture

Chicago School

Early Modern Movement Architecture

Chimu Architecture

Ancient and Classical Architecture

Chinese Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Chola Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Churrigueresque

Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Architecture

Cistercian Architecture

Medieval Architecture

Classical Greek Architecture

Ancient and Classical Architecture

Collegiate Gothic

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Colonial Architecture

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Colonial Revival Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Colony houses

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Conceptual architecture

Postmodern and Contemporary Architecture

Constructivist Architecture

Early Modern Movement Architecture

Contemporary architecture

Postmodern and Contemporary Architecture

Coptic Architecture

Medieval Architecture

Cosmatesque

Medieval Architecture

Cottage orné

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Craftsman Style Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Creole Architecture in the United States

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Cube house

Postwar and Late Modern Architecture

Culă

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Dancheong

Regional and Traditional Architecture

Danish Design

Postwar and Late Modern Architecture
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Sources
1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia, Egyptian pyramids, Old Kingdom section
Quote, Wikipedia, Egyptian pyramids, Old Kingdom section
the Pyramid of Djoser built c. 2630-2610 BC during the Third Dynasty. This pyramid and its surrounding complex are generally considered to be the world's oldest monumental structures constructed of dressed masonry.
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Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture
Banister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition), Architectural Press, 1996
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