Colonial architecture is an architectural style from a mother country that has been incorporated into

the buildings of settlements or colonies in distant locations. The colonists built a settlement that
synthesized the architecture of their countries of origin with the design characteristics of their new
lands, creating a hybrid designs.[1]

Contents

1 Spanish colonial architecture

2 Portuguese colonial architecture

3 British colonial architecture

4 French colonial architecture

5 Dutch colonial architecture

Spanish colonial architecture

San Agustin Church in Manila.

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

 North America

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

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 Pakistan

 British colonial architecture in India

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

TokoMerah, 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

North America

Dutch Colonial Revival architecture

Dutch colonial architecture in North America

South Asia

Dutch colonial architecture in India

Colonial architecture in Sri Lanka

South Africa

Cape Dutch architecture