Editing Georgian architecture (section)

==Characteristics==
In towns, which expanded greatly during the period, landowners turned into [[property developer]]s, and rows of identical [[terraced house]]s became the norm.<ref>Summerson, 26–28, 73–86</ref> Even the wealthy were persuaded to live in these in town, especially if provided with a [[Garden square|square of garden]] in front of the house. There was an enormous amount of building in the period, all over the English-speaking world, and the standards of construction were generally high. Where they have not been demolished, large numbers of Georgian buildings have survived two centuries or more, and they still form large parts of the core of cities such as [[London]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Georgian Dublin|Dublin]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and [[Bristol]].

The period saw the growth of a distinct and trained architectural profession; before the mid-century "the high-sounding title, 'architect' was adopted by anyone who could get away with it".<ref>Summerson, 47–49, 47 quoted</ref> This contrasted with earlier styles, which were primarily disseminated among craftsmen through the direct experience of the apprenticeship system. But most buildings were still designed by builders and landlords together, and the wide spread of Georgian architecture, and the Georgian styles of [[design]] more generally, came from dissemination through [[pattern book]]s and inexpensive suites of [[engraving]]s. Authors such as the prolific [[William Halfpenny]] (active 1723–1755) had editions in America as well as Britain.

A similar phenomenon can be seen in the commonality of housing designs in Canada and the United States (though of a wider variety of styles) from the 19th century through the 1950s, using pattern books drawn up by professional architects that were distributed by lumber companies and hardware stores to contractors and homebuilders.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reiff|first1=Daniel D.|title=Houses from Books|date=2001|publisher=Penn State University Press|location=University Park, Pa.|isbn=9780271019437|url=http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/0-271-01943-3.html|access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref>
 
From the mid-18th century, Georgian styles were assimilated into an [[Vernacular architecture|architectural vernacular]] that became part and parcel of the training of every [[architect]], [[Architectural designer|designer]], [[construction worker|builder]], [[carpenter]], [[masonry|mason]] and [[plasterer]], from Edinburgh to [[Maryland]].<ref>Summerson, 49–51; [[The Center for Palladian Studies in America, Inc.]], [http://www.palladiancenter.org/patternbooks.html "Palladio and Patternbooks in Colonial America."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223094953/http://www.palladiancenter.org/patternbooks.html |date=2009-12-23 }}</ref>