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German Greek Revival interiors are characterized by bright and light colors, parquet or wood plank flooring, solid and light colored walls, and plain gray or white ceilings. Window treatments include swags, which can either be white muslin with fringes or brightly colored textiles. Horsehair, needlework, velvet, linen and wool are among the popular textiles used in this period. Since windows are large, natural lighting pours into the interiors. Lanterns, small chandeliers, sconces and candlesticks were used for artificial lighting.

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German architects combined ancient style, French and English influence with their own past styles.

Open space surrounds monuments and important buildings to highlight its importance.

Floor plans are mostly symmetrical. Progression, ceremony and status are key concepts in space planning

Favored bricks in construction. Schinkel introduced colored bricks, terracotta, and cast iron.

Façades are inspired by Greek porticoes and colonnades. Greek Doric is the most common order followed by Corinthian. Walls tend to be blank and smoothly finished or lightly rusticated.

Columns, pilasters, or plain lintels accentuate rectangular windows while entrances are emphasized by porticoes, temple fronts or aedicula.

Most buildings follow Greek’s gable roof while museums and churches may use domes.

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Neoclassical themes with a more eclectic approach continued to spread in Germany and Austria. Biedermeier was a term that was first coined in 1853. It pertains to an emergence of a style adapted from the French empire with more emphasis on comfort and function rather than formality or grandeur. This style was mostly applicable for the middle class interiors, where practicality and the feeling of having a “homey” space was now the priority as opposed to the opulence of the previous periods.