Although Romanesque shapes also occur in his later buildings, after his second study tour to Italy from 1860 he became interested in the possibility of the revitalisation of the Italian Renaissance style, and designed several neo-Renaissance buildings.
Walaupun unsur-unsur Romanesque juga dapat terlihat pada bangunan-bangunannya, setelah ekskursi keduanya ke Italia dari tahun 1860 ia mulai tertarik dengan kemungkinan pemulihan gaya Renaisans Italia, dan ia lalu merancang beberapa bangunan bergaya Neo-Renaisans.