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The building has repetitious symmetry on the main body. It's architecture blends with the nearby Westminster Abbey. The gigantic building has the lacy feeling and perpendicular lines found in Gothic architecture.

Houses of Parliament

Who- Sir Charles Barry and A. Welby Pugin
What- Stone
When- 1836
Where-London
Why- Gothic architecture focused on patriotic feeling.
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