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ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPES: Photos of beautiful houses and gardens

PHOTOS: Ideas for luscious houses and gardens

 

ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPING: Seeking ideas for the look of your new home? Wondering about mixing shapes, styles, and periods of history? Wondering what type of landscaping would work best?

Then you might like flicking through our posts relating to architecture, from Hamptons beach houses and minimalist farmhouses to celebrity mansions and Royal estates, including:

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ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN: 55 Blair Road in Singapore

SINGAPORE ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS: 55 Blair Road in Singapore

ASIAN-HERITAGE-MEETS-CRISP-MODERN: 55 Blair Road, Singapore: A modern renovation of a heritage Art Deco terrace home…

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Architecture and design: Australian architecture – Part 1

Australian country house style

We’re fortunate in Australia to have a great mix of architectural styles, and having lived in over 40 homes myself (long story!) and visited countless others, I’ve learnt a lot.

Here’s a quick overview and pictorial look at some of the different types of residential buildings which you would find in Australia cities, suburbs, and country and coastal towns, as well as some links for exploring more about Australian architecture

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Gatsby style: Mansions of the Gilded Age including Newport, Rhode Island, and New York

I’m obsessed with the Gilded Age and Jazz Age, which explains why we’ve had so much coverage on Luscious of movies, TV shows, architecture and fashion from these periods in history, from Downton Abbey to The Great Gatsby. The lives of these ridiculously wealthy business people (in the US) and aristocracy (in the UK) fascinate me…

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Architecture: Beaux Arts and Art Deco style

William Howard Thompson House Illinois - Beaux Arts architecture style
The Great Gatsby was written in the early 1920s, so the design style of the time was Beaux Arts moving into Art Deco. Here’s a quick look at both styles of architecture and interior design…

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