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


Structures are typically multi-story, based on a rectangular floor plan, and feature massive, symmetrical primary façades. [[Stucco]]ed wall surfaces, flat or low-pitched [[terra cotta]] and [[tile]] roofs, [[arch]]es, scrolled or tile-capped [[parapet]] walls, wood or [[wrought iron]] [[Balcony|balconies]] with window grilles, and articulated door surrounds are characteristic. [[Keystone (architecture)|Keystone]]s are occasionally employed. Ornamentation may be simple or dramatic. Lush gardens often appear.
Structures are typically based on a rectangular floor plan, and feature massive, symmetrical primary façades. [[Stucco]]ed walls, red [[tile]]d roofs, windows in the shape of arches or circles, one or two stories, wood or [[wrought iron]] [[Balcony|balconies]] with window grilles, and articulated door surrounds are characteristic.<ref>{{cite book|last=Harris|first=Cyril M.|title=American architecture : an illustrated encyclopedia|year=1998|publisher=Norton|location=New York, NY [u.a.]|isbn=0393730298|page=211}}</ref> [[Keystone (architecture)|Keystone]]s 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 (architect)|August Geiger]] and [[Addison Mizner]] were foremost in Florida, while [[Bertram Goodhue]], Sumner Spaulding, and [[Paul Williams (architect)|Paul Williams]] were in California.
The style was most commonly applied to hotels, apartment buildings, commercial structures, and residences. Architects [[August Geiger (architect)|August Geiger]] and [[Addison Mizner]] were foremost in Florida, while [[Bertram Goodhue]], Sumner Spaulding, and [[Paul Williams (architect)|Paul Williams]] were in California.

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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, and Beaux-Arts and Italian Renaissance 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] 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mediterranean Revival Style architecture.

References

  1. ^ Harris, Cyril M. (1998). American architecture : an illustrated encyclopedia. New York, NY [u.a.]: Norton. p. 211. ISBN 0393730298.
  2. ^ Big Orange-Lederer Residence
  • Gustafson, Lee and Phil Serpico (1999). Santa Fe Coast Lines Depots: Los Angeles Division. Acanthus Press, Palmdale, CA. ISBN 0-88418-003-4.
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1992). Mediterranean Domestic Architecture for the United States. Hawthorne Printing Company, New York, NY. ISBN 0-926494-13-9.
  • Signor, John R. (1997). Southern Pacific Lines: Pacific Lines Stations, Volume 1. Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society, Pasadena, CA. ISBN 0-9657208-4-5.
  • Nolan, David. The Houses of St. Augustine. Sarasota, Pineapple Press, 1995.
  • Nylander, Justin A. (2010). Casas to Castles: Florida's Historic Mediterranean Revival Architecture. Schiffer publishing. ISBN 978-0-7643-3435-1.
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