Talk:Architecture of the United States

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[edit] Adding to the article

It's sad to see how neglected this page has been. Wikipedia has several good related sections about United States architecture, but this general page spoke of nothing but skyscrapers. Skyscrapers may be the most important American architectural innovation, but most buildings in this country are something other than skyscrapers. I haven't gotten past the colonial period. This leaves nearly a century vacant. I hope other editors come along to survey and develop the page. Durova 08:39, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

If someone could fill in the blanks left about western American architecture that would be great. There are already articles on the Spanish influence and skyscrapers, but curiously left out are the California bungalows, the Craftsman style, the victorian.

There is also no mention of the Southwestern style of architecture.

Also, why is there no mention of FLW!

[edit] Translation

Perhaps we could translate the French-language article; it seems to be giving the subject the treatment it deserves!

Go for it. Durova 18:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm working on it. The French article is way too well done not to have for our use in English.Martin 01:28, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I brought over the French article's section on Spanish colonial influences and merged it into "Colonial". The section on English settlements looks pretty small in comparison now. Chonak 08:06, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

I translated the intro paragraph from the French article @ beginning of Colonial, and also translated some paragraphs from English Influence on East Coast. --Daedalus101 00:17, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Still working away at this article, it's gigantic really, when you think about the amount of time needed to translate even a few paragraphs and format it properly with the English links and all. But I'm still going to plug away at it until it's done. (^_^)

Question though: I've translated the term "néogrec" as neogrecian, but I can't decide whether or not that is appropriate, or if maybe neo-greco would be better. Or even neo-classical? What do you guys think? --Daedalus101 15:52, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion request

Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. This article has been tagged since January 2007.

I came to this article looking for information about why there was so much brick architecture in Eastern U.S. cities. In general, it would be informative to have some information about geographic distribution of different styles of architecture. It's also worth noting than in many places, you see different styles of architectures from different eras, as buildings on adjoining lots have been sold, redeveloped, damaged, etc. at different times. It's also interesting to note non-artistic factors - for example, how sometimes height can correlate with the prevailing economic conditions, or how you see very small windows during the Energy Crisis. -- Beland 23:20, 9 March 2006 (UTC)