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A Mysterious Imagination: Steampunk Architecture

How Steampunk-inspired are the Victorian structures we see in real life?

Mr. Huseyin
World Traveler’s Blog
4 min readApr 22, 2021

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Photo by Marc Zimmer on Unsplash

Did you know that the steampunk current, which came about when a little past and a little future came together, still has thousands of followers? Yes, maybe a little dark and mechanical, but also a lot of fun with a lot of interesting details!

The foundation of the Steampunk current UK based on 19. the century. Another name for this period is the Victorian period. This period, along with the Industrial Revolution, is a period when the steam industry and mechanization are quite developed, and the lower and upper classes are in conflict with each other.

As in every moment of time, period life influenced its architecture and art. Now creative ornamental details began to be produced without the need for the skill of a woodcarver, stonemason, or carpenter. Even most architectural elements have now become factory products that can be selected from catalogs, produced quickly and cheaply.

As a result, steampunk and all kinds of inventions that can work with steam power, real or imaginary, have been added to it. In Steampunk, which shows great enthusiasm for all kinds of products made of cogs, screws, metal pipes…

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Mr. Huseyin
World Traveler’s Blog

Someone who likes to write in many fields, especially technology, science and education