What is the Georgian style like?

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover: George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United Kingdom, and George IV of the United Kingdom, who reigned in continuous succession from August 1714 to June 1830. In the mainstream of Georgian style were both Palladian architecture and its alternatives, Gothic and Chinoiserie, which were the English speaking world's equivalent of European Rococo. Greek Revival was added to the design repertory, after Georgian architecture is characterized by its proportion and balance; simple mathematical ratios were used to determine the height of a window in relation to its width or the shape of a room as a double cube. "Regular" was a term of approval, implying symmetry and adherence to classical rules: the lack of symmetry was deeply felt as a flaw. Regularity of house fronts along a street was a desirable feature of Georgian town planning. Georgian designs usually lay within the Classical orders of architecture and employed a decorative vocabulary derived from ancient Rome or Greece. The most common building materials used are brick or stone. Commonly used colors were red, tan, or white. However, modern day Georgian style homes use a variety of colors. From the mid-18th century, Georgian styles were assimilated into an architectural vernacular that became part and parcel of the training of every architect, designer, builder, carpenter, mason and plasterer, from Edinburgh to Maryland. The revived Georgian style that emerged in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century is usually referred to as Neo-Georgian. Versions of the Neo-Georgian style were commonly used in Britain for certain types of urban architecture until the late 1950.