Spanish Colonial Revival
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Spanish Colonial Revival is an early 20th-century architectural style that reinterprets historic Spanish and Mediterranean forms through features like stucco walls, red tile roofs, and ornamental ironwork, especially popular in the American Southwest and California.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural style
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revival architecture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designGoal |
create indoor–outdoor living connections
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evoke historic Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ provide shade and cooling ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| doorType | heavy wooden doors ⓘ |
| emergedAfterEvent |
Panama–California Exposition
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Panama–Pacific International Exposition ⓘ |
| flourishedInDecade |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Spanish Colonial Revival
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surface form:
Spanish Colonial Revival style
Spanish Eclectic ⓘ Spanish Colonial Revival ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Revival
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| hasCharacteristic |
arcades and colonnades
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arched doorways ⓘ arched windows ⓘ asymmetrical facades ⓘ courtyard fountains ⓘ courtyards and patios ⓘ decorative entry surrounds ⓘ decorative grilles and window bars ⓘ decorative plasterwork ⓘ decorative tile work ⓘ deeply recessed openings ⓘ elaborate door hardware ⓘ exposed wooden beams ⓘ integrated landscape courtyards ⓘ loggias ⓘ low garden walls ⓘ low-pitched gabled or hipped roofs ⓘ multi-level rooflines ⓘ ornamental chimneys ⓘ ornamental ironwork ⓘ ornamental tile stair risers ⓘ parapet walls ⓘ plaster interior walls ⓘ red clay tile roofs ⓘ shaded outdoor living spaces ⓘ small-paned casement windows ⓘ smooth wall surfaces ⓘ stucco exterior walls ⓘ tower-like elements ⓘ wrought-iron balconies ⓘ |
| hasNotableExample |
California Building in Balboa Park, San Diego
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Santa Barbara County Courthouse ⓘ resort hotels in Southern California ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Islamic Spain
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surface form:
Andalusian architecture
Baroque ⓘ
surface form:
Baroque architecture
Mediterranean architecture ⓘ Mission Revival architecture ⓘ Moorish architecture ⓘ Italian Renaissance Revival ⓘ
surface form:
Renaissance Revival architecture
Spanish Colonial architecture ⓘ |
| ornamentationType | iron balconies and grilles ⓘ |
| peakPopularity | between World War I and World War II ⓘ |
| relatedStyle |
Mediterranean architecture
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surface form:
Mediterranean Revival architecture
Spanish Colonial Revival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mission Revival architecture
Pueblo Revival architecture ⓘ Spanish Baroque Revival ⓘ |
| roofType | low-pitched red tile roof ⓘ |
| timeOfOrigin | circa 1915 ⓘ |
| typicalClimate |
Mediterranean climates
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warm climates ⓘ |
| typicalMaterial |
ceramic tile
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clay roof tile ⓘ stucco ⓘ wood ⓘ wrought iron ⓘ |
| usedFor |
churches
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civic buildings ⓘ hotels ⓘ institutional buildings ⓘ residential buildings ⓘ resorts ⓘ schools ⓘ |
| wallFinish | white or light-colored stucco ⓘ |
| wasPopularInRegion |
southwestern United States
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surface form:
American Southwest
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Florida ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ San Diego ⓘ Santa Barbara ⓘ Southern California ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| windowType | multi-light casement windows ⓘ |
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Mediterranean Revival architecture
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Spanish Colonial Revival style
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Spanish Revival
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Mission Revival architecture
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
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Mediterranean Revival architecture
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument (Hearst Castle)
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Spanish Colonial Revival
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Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument
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Mediterranean Revival architecture
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
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Mission Revival architecture
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Mediterranean Revival architecture
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Mission Revival architecture
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Mission Revival architecture
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Mission Revival architecture
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California Building (Balboa Park)
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
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California Spanish architecture
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Mediterranean Revival architecture
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Orpheum Theatre (Phoenix)
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Mission Revival architecture
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
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La Casa Pacifica
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
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Spanish Revival
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture