Americans have borrowed all kinds of European styles—Art Nouveau, Neoclassical, Victorian, Beaux-Arts—but mostly for non-residential buildings. In Europe these styles still show up in new homes or when old ones are renovated. So why in the U.S. are they mostly reserved for banks, government buildings, and churches ?
minimize costs, maximize profits
>>17985342American zoning laws and suburban sprawl have absolutely murdered architectural creativity. We've let developers and HOAs, the most boring people on earth, dictate that homes must be cheap, fast, and utterly devoid of soul.
>>17985342because foursquare is distinctly american, and the weatherboarded exteriors are influenced by the original english settlers' homes back in east anglia and kent? they're exceptionally rare in england today, but back in the 17th and 18th centuries they were ten-a-penny
a lot of it just looks like england but with better weather
Styles like Gothic Revival required stone, ornament, and skilled craftsmen. In Europe these traditions lingered, but in the U.S. they were expensive imports.
>>17987159sounds like fake news to me lad
