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[[Victorian era]] was a tremendously exciting period when many artistic styles, literary schools, as well as, social, political and religious movements flourished. [http://www.victoriaspast.com/FrontPorch/victorianera.htm] [[Sir Joseph Paxton]], Augustus Pugin, Richard Norman Shaw, Alexander Thomson, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Charles Barry, Archibald Simpson, William Railton, William Smith and Alexander Marshall Mackenzie were some of the famous [[architect]]s of this era.  

[[Victorian era]] was a tremendously exciting period when many artistic styles, literary schools, as well as, social, political and religious movements flourished.<ref>http://www.victoriaspast.com/FrontPorch/victorianera.htm</ref> [[Sir Joseph Paxton]], Augustus Pugin, Richard Norman Shaw, Alexander Thomson, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Charles Barry, Archibald Simpson, William Railton, William Smith and Alexander Marshall Mackenzie were some of the famous [[architect]]s of this era.  

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Victorian architects and builders applied decoration liberally, combining features borrowed from many different eras with flourishes from their own imaginations... Medieval architecture and the great cathedrals of the Gothic age inspired all sorts of flourishes during the Victorian era. [http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/tp/Victorian-House-Styles.htm] Middle east and Asian influences are also important.

Victorian architects and builders applied decoration liberally, combining features borrowed from many different eras with flourishes from their own imaginations... Medieval architecture and the great cathedrals of the Gothic age inspired all sorts of flourishes during the Victorian era.<ref>http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/tp/Victorian-House-Styles.htm</ref> Middle east and Asian influences are also important.

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The Crystal Palace designed by Sir Joseph Paxton was lavish with Victorian innovations - iron-frame construction, sheet glass, and integral heating. Its use of prefabrication and standardisation was a pointer to the future... ''The Arts and Crafts Movement'', triggered by [[John Ruskin]] and William Morris, promoted the revival of traditional building crafts and the use of local materials in emulation of vernacular architecture. [http://www.buildinghistory.org/style/victorian.shtml]

The Crystal Palace designed by Sir Joseph Paxton was lavish with Victorian innovations - iron-frame construction, sheet glass, and integral heating. Its use of prefabrication and standardisation was a pointer to the future... ''The Arts and Crafts Movement'', triggered by [[John Ruskin]] and William Morris, promoted the revival of traditional building crafts and the use of local materials in emulation of vernacular architecture.<ref>http://www.buildinghistory.org/style/victorian.shtml</ref>

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[[File:Balmoral Castle, example of the Scots Baronial style.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Balmoral Castle, example of the Scots Baronial style by  William Smith, completed in 1856.]]

[[File:Balmoral Castle, example of the Scots Baronial style.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Balmoral Castle, example of the Scots Baronial style by  William Smith, completed in 1856.]]

[[File:Nelson s Column, Trafalgar Square by William Railton, 1840-1843.JPG|thumb|center|Nelson's Column by William Railton, 1840-1843.]]

[[File:Nelson s Column, Trafalgar Square by William Railton, 1840-1843.JPG|thumb|center|Nelson's Column by William Railton, 1840-1843.]]

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