Nordic Classicism was a style of architecture that briefly blossomed in the Nordic countries between 1910 and 1930.
Stockholm Public Library (1920–28) by Gunnar Asplund.
Copenhagen Police Headquarters (1924) by Hack Kampmann.
Parliament of Finland, Helsinki (1926–1931) by Johan Sigfrid Sirén
Haugesund City Hall (1922–1931) by Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas
Classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, or sometimes more specifically, from the works of the Roman architect Vitruvius. Different styles of classical architecture have arguably existed since the Carolingian Renaissance, and prominently since the Italian Renaissance. Although classical styles of architecture can vary greatly, they can in general all be said to draw on a common "vocabulary" of decorative and constructive elements. In much of the Western world, different classical architectural styles have dominated the history of architecture from the Renaissance until World War II. Classical architecture continues to inform many architects.
Caryatids on the Erechtheion, (Athens), an example of a Greek architectural element taken up by later classical architecture.
The fronts of ancient Roman temples like the Maison Carrée in Nîmes have inspired much later classical architecture, e.g. Virginia State Capitol.
Lorsch Abbey gatehouse (Germany), c. 800, an example of the architectural style of the short-lived Carolingian Renaissance, a first classical movement in architecture.
The emphatically classical church façade of Santa Maria Nova, Vicenza (1578–90) was designed by the influential Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio.
