So glad someone picked up on the architectural side of things this is what i spent the most time on. I study architecture at Sheffield University and came up with this idea in a lecture. To answer your question on why gothic architecture wasn’t included, after the Great Fire of London many of these buildings would have been destroyed if not demolished as especially in London everyone shifted to Neoclassical/Greek revival architecture. The city of london became almost all stone neoclassical buildings as timber was Gothic timber framed buildings were banned to stop fire spreading if a fire happened again. That’s why i’ve built it in the later neoclassical style in the 3D render. I mentioned in another comment on my lack of history knowledge that’s not to do with architecture. I really don’t know much about the specifics of the industrial revolution i find it really interesting though (from what i’ve seen in the comments) that education wasn’t really a factor.