Mediterranean Revival architecture

The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida is a grand example of Mediterranean Revival style

Mediterranean Revival is a design style introduced in the United States in the waning nineteenth century variously incorporating references from Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts, Italian Renaissance, and Venetian Gothic architecture.

Peaking in popularity during the 1920s and 1930s, the movement drew heavily on the style of palaces and seaside villas and applied them to the rapidly expanding coastal resorts of California and Florida.

Structures are typically based on a rectangular floor plan, and feature massive, symmetrical primary façades. Stuccoed walls, red tiled roofs, windows in the shape of arches or circles, one or two stories, wood or wrought iron balconies with window grilles, and articulated door surrounds are characteristic.[1][2] Keystones were occasionally employed. Ornamentation may be simple or dramatic. Lush gardens often appear.

The style was most commonly applied to hotels, apartment buildings, commercial structures, and residences. Architects August Geiger and Addison Mizner were foremost in Florida, while Bertram Goodhue, Sumner Spaulding, and Paul Williams were in California.

List of example structures

Elaborate Pasadena City Hall in Pasadena, California is also an example of the grandeur of the City Beautiful fashion

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Harris, Cyril M. (1998). American architecture : an illustrated encyclopedia. New York, NY [u.a.]: Norton. p. 211. ISBN 0393730298.
  2. ↑ "Colorful, Exotic and Bold Lines Define the Mediterranean House Plan". The Plan Collection. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Big Orange-Lederer Residence
  4. ↑ "Colony Hotel". Colony Hotel. 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2016-01-21.

Sources

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