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Danish Fort Dansborg at Tranquebar, built by Ove Gedde in 1620.

Colonial architecture is a hybrid architectural style that arose as colonists combined architectural styles from their country of origin with design characteristics of the settled country. Colonists frequently built houses and buildings in a style that was familiar to them but with local characteristics more suited to their new climate.[1] Below are links to specific articles about colonial architecture, specifically the modern colonies:

  1. ^ Guaita, Ovidio (1999). On distant shores: colonial houses around the world. Monacelli Press. ISBN 9781580930512. Retrieved January 26, 2014. world colonial architecture.

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Colonial architecture

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The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are...

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American colonial architecture

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American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States, including First Period...

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Spanish Colonial architecture

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colonial architecture represents Spanish colonial influence on New World and East Indies' cities and towns, and it is still seen in the architecture as...

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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture

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The Spanish Colonial Revival style (Spanish: Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century...

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Dutch Colonial Revival architecture

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Dutch Colonial is a style of domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house. Modern...

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Portuguese colonial architecture

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Portuguese colonial architecture refers to the various styles of Portuguese architecture built across the Portuguese Empire (including Portugal). Many...

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French colonial architecture

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French colonial architecture includes several styles of architecture used by the French during colonization. Many former French colonies, especially those...

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century – 19th century), and Dutch modernism (20th century). Dutch colonial architecture in Jakarta is apparent in buildings such as houses or villas, churches...

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Dutch colonial architecture

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Dutch colonial architecture refers to the various style of Dutch architecture built across the Dutch Empire. Though most of the buildings were designed...

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Japanese architecture

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such as schools, banks and hotels. Early Meiji Architecture was initially influenced by colonial architecture in Chinese treaty ports such as Hong Kong. In...

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Georgian architecture

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the United States as Colonial Revival architecture and in the early 20th century in Great Britain as Neo-Georgian architecture; in both it is also called...

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Peruvian colonial architecture

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The Peruvian colonial architecture, developed in the Viceroyalty of Peru between the 16th and 19th centuries, was characterized by the importation and...

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Architecture of Indonesia

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and other rulers built palaces. There is a substantial legacy of colonial architecture in Indonesian cities. Independent Indonesia has seen the development...

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Architecture of India

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Hindu temple architecture and Indo-Islamic architecture, especially Rajput architecture, Mughal architecture, South Indian architecture, and Indo-Saracenic...

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History of Bogor

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Bogor Regency. It has its history reflected in its architecture which includes buildings from the colonial, modern, post-modern, and contemporary periods...

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Architecture of Singapore

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the eclectic styles and hybrid forms of the colonial period to the tendency of more contemporary architecture to incorporate trends from around the world...

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Colonial architecture in Surabaya

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Colonial architecture in Surabaya (Dutch: Soerabaja) includes the legacy of neoclassical architecture and Dutch architecture built during the Dutch East...

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Monterey Colonial architecture

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Monterey Colonial is an architectural style developed in Alta California (today's US state of California when under Mexican rule). Although usually categorized...

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Colonial architecture of Brazil

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The colonial architecture of Brazil is defined as the architecture carried out in the current Brazilian territory from 1500, the year of the Portuguese...

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Architecture of Casablanca

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Neo-Mauresque, which would characterize much of Casablanca's architecture in the early colonial period, particularly civic and administrative buildings. Under...

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Colonial architecture of Southeast Asia

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construct colonial architecture in Southeast Asia. This period saw many classical buildings constructed in the neoclassical and French Colonial style of...

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Colonial architecture in Padang

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Colonial architecture in Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia, includes the Masjid Muhammadan. Padang has long been a trade center and was a center of pepper trade...

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1830, France invaded Algeria and began its colonial rule of the nation. Early colonial Algerian architecture was characterized by French efforts at restructuring...

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Architecture in the United States

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Revival styles. Colonial Revival architecture – American Colonial Cape Cod style Dutch Colonial Revival architecture Tudor Revival architecture Pueblo Revival...

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Mission Revival architecture

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was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission...

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