When you find yourself in the shadow of a classic Victorian home, you may struggle to zero in on a singular decorative focal point—but that's kind of the whole idea. The very mantra of this ...
When I bought a house in my dream Washington, D.C., neighborhood, the house-hunting options were basically Victorian, Victorian, or Victorian. Nearly every rowhouse is some variation on Victorian ...
As the name suggests, Victorian design originated in the United Kingdom during the time of Queen Victoria’s reign, which lasted from 1837 to 1901. During this period, England was home to a growing ...
Turrets and towers, stained glass, bay windows—Victorian architecture is all about a decorative flourish. Technically, Victorian means a home designed in the late 19th-century period when Queen ...
Walking down State Street in 1890, you would have a hard time finding a single Spanish-style building. Everywhere you looked, painted wood siding and intricate moldings would catch your eye with ...
There are a few kinds of architecture you’d expect to find in the French Quarter. You’d expect Creole cottages. You might expect colonial-era French architecture. You might even come across a Greek ...
An abandoned gas station in the desert, a decaying sanitorium out among the pines, a raggle-taggle mansion with its shutters hanging off, old forgotten passages tunneled beneath a city — when viewed ...
From the rich earth tones to the vintage decor, this Victorian townhouse kitchen draws inspiration from the English countryside and its heritage architecture ...
Victorian architecture is among the most distinguishable styles of homes. The Victorian Era saw a resurgence of several historical architecture styles—the most prominent being Gothic Revival, ...
Oakland, California–based Endemic Architecture’s most recent exhibition, Mind Your Mannerisms, at Jai & Jai Gallery in Los Angeles, examines the existential meaning behind San Francisco’s variant of ...