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Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style that incorporates traditional design aspects from the Mediterranean region, particularly Spain, Italy, southern France, and Greece. The style includes influences from Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonial, Beaux-Arts, Moorish, and Venetian Gothic architecture.

Inspired by the architectural traditions of Mediterranean countries, particularly Spain and Italy, the style gained traction in North America in the early 20th century and flourished during the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the rapidly expanding cities and coastal resorts of Florida and California. The movement also spread to neighboring countries, often through American architects, such as Cuba and Canada.

Structures are generally based on a rectangular floor plan, typically one or two stories, which feature massive, symmetrical primary façades. Common characteristics include stuccoed walls, red tiled roofs, arched or circular windows, wood or wrought iron balconies with window grilles, and articulated door surrounds; keystones were occasionally employed, while ornamentation varied from simple to dramatic. The style often integrated lush gardens and landscapes through courtyards, patios, open-air doorways.

  • Hotel Nacional de Cuba, in Havana, Cuba, completed in 1930
  • Knowles Memorial Chapel, Winter Park, Florida, built in 1932
  • L. Ron Hubbard House, Washington, D.C., built in 1904
  • Miami-Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida, completed in 1926
  • Miami Senior High School, in Miami, Florida, established in 1903
  • Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, California, 1913
  • Nottingham Cooperative, 1927, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Palm Beach Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, built in 1925
  • Pasadena City Hall in Pasadena, California, 1927
  • Port Washington Fire Engine House in Wisconsin, completed in 1929
  • Presidio building in San Francisco, California, completed in 1912
  • Rose Crest Mansion (currently part of The Mary Louis Academy) in Jamaica Estates, New York, completed in 1909
  • Snell Arcade in St. Petersburg, Florida, 1925
  • Stuart Court Apartments, Richmond, Virginia, completed in 1926
  • Sunrise Theatre, Fort Pierce, Florida, built in 1922
  • The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, 1994
  • Town Club (Portland, Oregon), completed in 1931
  • Villa Vizcaya in Miami, Florida, completed in 1914
  • Vinoy Park Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida, completed in 1925
  • William J. Burns House, in Sarasota, Florida, built in 1927
  • Wolfsonian-FIU, in Miami Beach, Florida, 1927

See also

  • Gothicmed, project which includes finding further insight to Gothic architecture in the Mediterranean area
  • Italianate architecture
  • Mar del Plata style, eclectic vernacular style which borrows some of the references incorporated by the Mediterranean Revival
  • Mission Revival Style architecture
  • Moorish Revival architecture
  • Spanish Colonial Revival architecture

References

Further reading

  • Nolan, David (1995). The Houses of St. Augustine. Sarasota, Pineapple Press.