Period Styles

• Period Style

  • Eclectiv movement of the early 20th century of both modern and historic styles
• Colonial Revival

  • Mixture of styles, all uniquely American
  • Fascination with homes built by the early English and Dutch settlers
• Dutch Colonial Revival

  • Variations of gambrel roof being flared
• Georgian Colonial Revival

  • Orderly symmetry
  • Sash windows
  • Accentuated front door
• Garrison Colonial Revival

  • Variation of the Georgian Colonial Revival
  • Has a second story that projects out, over the first story
• Saltbox Revival

  • Named after an old saltbox, has two stories, at the front and one story at the rear
  • Has a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back (catslide)
• Cape Cod Revival

  • One-and-a-half story with attic bedrooms
  • Devoid of embellishments
• Tudor Revival

  • Steeply-pitched gabled roofs
  • Half timbering
• Spanish Colonial Revival

  • Remnant of the Spanish Colonial Style
  • Characteristics
  • Clay tile roofs
  • Round arches
  • Details from Baroque, Moorish, and Churrigueresque
• Mission Revival

  • Regional vernacular style with Hispanic past and associated with Spanish Colonial Revival
  • The Spanish missions in California comprise a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between 1769 and 1833 in today's US State of California.
• Mission Revival

  • Regional vernacular style with Hispanic past and associated with Spanish Colonial Revival
  • The Spanish missions in California comprise a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between 1769 and 1833 in today's US State of California.
  • Founded by Catholic priests of the Franciscan order to evangelize the Native Americans
  • Characteristics:
  • Long exterior arcades
  • Roof tiles
  • Smooth plaster finish
  • Mission roof parapet
• Pueblo Revival

  • A regional architectural style of the Southwestern United States inspired by the Hopi Indian Pueblo and the Spanish Colonial Style
  • Characteristics:
  • Simulated adobe construction
  • Rounded corners
  • Irregular parapets
  • Battered walls
  • Stuccoed walls
  • Earth tone colors
  • Projecting roof beams (vigas)
• Mediterranean Revival

  • Inspired by the architecture of the Mediterranean coast
  • Common for seaside villas
  • Characteristics:
  • Low-pitched, tiled roof
  • Stuccoed walls
  • Wrought iron grilles
  • Arched doors and windows
• Moorish Revival

  • Exotic revival in the late 18th and early 19th century in Europe and the Americas due to the trade with the Far East
  • Gained popularity in theatres and synagogues
• Beaux Arts

  • Expresses the academic neoclassical architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts, an influential arts school in France.
  • Characteristics:
  • Elaborate
  • Ostentatious effect
  • Monumental conception
  • Use of historic forms
  • Rich decorative detail
  • Figural sculptures
  • Grand entrances and staircases
• Palace of Fine Arts

  • Constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition
  • Commemorates the construction of the Panama Canal
• Palace of Fine Arts

  • Constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition
  • Commemorates the construction of the Panama Canal

  
• San Francisco War Memorial Opera House

  • The last major American building constructed in the Beaux Arts style

  
• Granc Central Terminal

  • By Reed and Stern and Warren and Wetmore
  • Restored by Beyer, Blinder and Bell
  • Described as the world's loveliest
  • The largest train terminal in the world by number of platforms

  
• Garnier Opera House

  • By Charles Garnier
  • Mixture of Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque
  • Wedding place of Belo and Ko

  
• Gare d'Orsay

  • Inaugurated for the Universal Exhibition in 1900
  • First rail urban terminal in the world to have electric power

  
• Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées

  • By Henry Deglane, Albert Louvet, Albert Thomas & Charles Girault
  • Built for the Universal Exhibition
  • A large historic site, exhibition hall and museum

  
• Paco Train Station

  • By William Parsons in Beaux Arts
  • One of the biggest train stations of Manila when it was built

  
• Arts and Crafts

  • Old-looking but new design
  • Anti-industrial movement centered on vernacular architecture
  • Used traditional materials and folk styles to create a distinctive and modern design