Stripped Classical

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Stripped Classical is an architectural style that simplifies traditional classical forms by removing most ornamentation while retaining basic symmetry, proportion, and monumental scale.

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Label Occurrences
Stripped Classicism 5
Stripped Classical canonical 1
Stripped classicism 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century architectural style
architectural style
contrastsWith highly ornamented classical revival styles
pure functionalist modernism
derivedFrom Classical architecture
Neoclassical architecture
emergedInPeriod early 20th century
hasAlternativeName Neo-Grec architecture
surface form: Grecian Moderne

PWA Moderne
Starved Classicism
Stripped Classical
surface form: Stripped Classicism
hasCharacteristic austere facades
centralized entrance emphasis
emphasis on mass and volume
geometric simplification of classical motifs
large unadorned wall surfaces
limited sculptural decoration
minimal ornamentation
monumental colonnades with little detailing
simplified classical orders
strong vertical and horizontal lines
symmetrical composition
use of stone or stone-like cladding
influencedBy economic constraints of the interwar period
modernist ideas of simplification
traditional classical symbolism
popularInPeriod 1920s
1930s
interwar period
relatedStyle Art Deco
Beaux-Arts
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture

Modernist architecture
retainsFeature classical proportion
classical symmetry
monumental scale
typicalBuildingType civic building
courthouse
government building
institutional building
monument
museum
post office
war memorial
typicalClient authoritarian regimes
national governments
public agencies
usedFor expression of civic authority
expression of state power
representation of stability and permanence
usesDesignPrinciple reduction of ornamentation
simplification of classical forms

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Bergstrom architecturalStyle Stripped Classical
Paul Philippe Cret movement Stripped Classical
this entity surface form: Stripped Classicism
Interwar architecture hasMovement Stripped Classical
this entity surface form: Stripped Classicism
Senate House, University of London architecturalStyle Stripped Classical
this entity surface form: Stripped Classicism
Eggers & Higgins architecturalStyle Stripped Classical
this entity surface form: Stripped Classicism
Stripped Classical hasAlternativeName Stripped Classical
this entity surface form: Stripped Classicism
Ernst Sagebiel movement Stripped Classical
this entity surface form: Stripped classicism