Architecture


 * Architecture of the Regency Period**

//General Characteristics: What you shoud know!!//
 * Regeny Architecture, also known as Georgian, combined old styles with new materials and techniques.
 * Structures became more geometric and rigid.
 * With the new technology that came out of the Industrial Revolution, peole needed different buidings to suit their needs.
 * A huge population boom and thousands of people moving to the city meant more housing was needed. Architects created Terraces, a type of apartment building that could house many families.
 * Manifacturing and technology created a demand for factories and industrial buildings.
 * Architects began using cheaper, stronger materials like:
 * iron
 * steel
 * copper
 * There were two major styles evident during the Regency era.
 * Medievl Revival- Also known as the Gothic Revival
 * Modern methods and materials, but ancient style. Elaborate structures were supported with hidden iron rods.
 * Classical
 * Used philosophy and traditional designs of Greek and Roman achitecture.
 * Fluted Greek columns, painted and molded cornices, and other decorative touches were common.
 * Windows were so elaborte, they looked like they couldnt support the structure but could because of stong building materials

// Regency Terraces: // [|1] //Picture 1: Elaborate Regency-era windows and doors, tall and thin and decorated in Greek style. For link, click the "1".// //Regency Terraces//
 * This period was mostly the first thirty years of the 1800s, Regency terraces was an important piece of architecture. There main use was apartments in the city, and it housed a long span of different families and backgrounds. ("Regency Architecture")
 * Many cites in Britain were following the Georgian Architecture which was during the regency period.
 * These designs of the terraces became popular because of George IV and the Hanoverian dynasty. It was an era with great achievements in architecture, interior design, and the arts. ("Georgian Style")
 * Terraces seem like a tradition in building for domestic life. Architects designed the terraces in the classical tradition and really grace a new mood and feeling for the cities.
 * Between 1727 and 1780 the terraces were developed in the Woods. The Woods was the main prototype and design of what architects wanted for the terraces. (Jordan pg 264-265)



2 //Picture 2: The east side of Park Crescent, around 1825 these were one of the many regency terraces in London during that period.//



//Picture 3: Regency Terraces By Keara Starnes//

For a real-live look at what terraces look like, click here: Terraces Video: []