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Origin region names the place where an architectural style first took shape. Gothic architecture, Wikipedia notes, "originated in the Ile-de-France and Picardy regions of northern France," at the Abbey of Saint-Denis near Paris. Browsing by origin region shows which parts of the world have produced the most influential architectural styles.

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2630 BCE 1
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Airplane Bungalow

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American Colonial Architecture

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American Craftsman

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American Empire Style

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American Foursquare

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Antebellum Architecture

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Brownstone

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California Bungalow Architecture

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Carpenter Gothic

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Charleston Single House

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Chicago School

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Collegiate Gothic

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Colonial Revival Architecture

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Craftsman Style Architecture

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Creole Architecture in the United States

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Deconstructivism

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Dutch Colonial Revival Architecture

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Egyptian Revival Architecture

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Federal Architecture

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Gablefront house

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Garrison (Architecture)

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Googie Architecture

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Greek Revival Architecture in North America

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High Ranch

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Jeffersonian architecture

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Miesian Architecture

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Mission Revival Architecture

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Modernist Architecture

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Northwest Regional style

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Octagon House Architecture

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Painted ladies

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Patio Home Architecture

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Populuxe

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Postmodern Architecture

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Prairie School

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Pre-war architecture

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Pueblo Architecture

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Pueblo Deco

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Pueblo Revival Architecture

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Queen Anne Style Architecture

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Ranch-Style Architecture

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Romanesque Revival Architecture

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Rustic Architecture

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Saltbox Architecture

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Second Bay Tradition

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Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada

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Shingle Style

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Single- and Double-Pen Architecture

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Spanish Colonial Revival Architecture

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Stick Style Architecture

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Streamline Moderne

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Usonian Architecture

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Western False Front Architecture

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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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