Colonial architecture

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

Colonial architecture is an architectural style from a mother country that has been incorporated into the buildings of settlements or colonies in distant locations. Colonists frequently built settlements that synthesized the architecture of their countries of origin with the design characteristics of their new lands, creating hybrid designs.

Below are links to specific articles about colonial architecture, specifically the modern colonies:

Spanish colonial architecture

San Agustin Church in Manila, Philippines.

Spanish Colonial architecture is most visible in South America. In Mexico, Spanish colonial architecture can be found in Puebla, Zacatecas, Querétaro, Guanajuato, and Morelia. Antigua Guatemala in Guatemala is also known for its well preserved Spanish colonial style architecture. Other cities famous for its Spanish colonial heritage are Ciudad Colonial of Santo Domingo, The port of Cartagena, Colombia, and Old San Juan

• Latin America
  • Spanish colonial architecture in Mexico
  • Spanish colonial architecture in Colombia
  • Colonial architecture in Peru

• Philippines
  • Spanish colonial architecture in the Philippines

• United States
  • Spanish colonial architecture in North America

Portuguese colonial architecture

Church of Santo António;
b. 1498, Mozambique

Portuguese colonial architecture is most visible in Brazil, Madeira, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, Macau, Malaysian city of Malacca, city of Goa, Moluccas, and Java.

• India
  • Portuguese colonial architecture of India
• Brazil
  • Portuguese colonial architecture in Brazil

British colonial architecture

Westover Plantation, an example of Georgian architecture on the eastern James River, in Virginia

British colonial architecture are most visible in North America, British West Indies, Far East, and Australia.

• North America
  • American colonial architecture
    • Federal Architecture
    • First Period
    • Colonial Georgian architecture
  • British colonial architecture in Canada

• South Asia
  • British colonial architecture in India
  • British colonial architecture in Pakistan
  • Colonial architecture in Sri Lanka

• Australia
  • Colonial architecture of Australia
    • Federation architecture

• Far East
  • British colonial architecture in Hong Kong
  • British colonial architecture in Singapore

French colonial architecture

Gabriel Peyreaux House in New Orleans, built circa 1780 It is an example of poteaux-sur-solle construction.

French colonial architecture are most visible in North America and Indochina.

• Indochina

• North America
  • French colonial architecture in North America

• South Asia
  • French colonial architecture in India

Dutch colonial architecture

Toko Merah, an 18th-century Dutch colonial landmark in Jakarta, shows a typically Dutch high sash windows with split shutters.

Dutch colonial architecture is most visible in Indonesia (especially Java and Sumatra), the United States, South Asia, and South Africa.

• Indonesia
  • Dutch colonial architecture of Indonesia
    • Dutch Indies country houses
    • New Indies Style

• North America
  • Dutch colonial architecture in North America
  • Dutch Colonial Revival architecture

• South Asia
  • Dutch colonial architecture in India
  • Colonial architecture in Sri Lanka

• South Africa
  • Cape Dutch architecture