Wilhelminian style

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architectural style cultural phenomenon historicist architecture

Wilhelminian style is a historicist architectural style from late 19th- and early 20th-century Germany, characterized by ornate façades, eclectic revival elements, and grand, bourgeois urban buildings.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Wilhelminian architecture 4
Gründerzeit style 1
Maximilianstil 1

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
cultural phenomenon ⓘ
historicist architecture ⓘ
architecturalElement cartouches ⓘ
columns ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
ornamental gables ⓘ
pilasters ⓘ
putti sculptures ⓘ
rear wings ⓘ
contrastsWith Bauhaus ⓘ
Modernist architecture ⓘ
countryOfOrigin German Empire ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
developedIn Wilhelmine era ⓘ
endTime circa 1918 ⓘ
follows Gründerzeit architecture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic bourgeois representation ⓘ
decorative excess ⓘ
dense urban block development ⓘ
eclecticism ⓘ
monumentality ⓘ
symmetrical composition ⓘ
use of historic styles ⓘ
hasPart balconies ⓘ
bay windows ⓘ
eclectic revival elements ⓘ
elaborate cornices ⓘ
grand staircases ⓘ
historicist ornamentation ⓘ
ornate façades ⓘ
representative entrance portals ⓘ
rich stucco decoration ⓘ
sculptural façades ⓘ
turrets ⓘ
hasSocialContext emerging middle class in the German Empire ⓘ
representative façades hiding dense back buildings ⓘ
speculative urban housing construction ⓘ
influenced early 20th-century German urban fabric ⓘ
perimeter block housing in Central Europe ⓘ
influencedBy bourgeois culture ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
nationalism in the German Empire ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
namedAfter Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
periodOfUse early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
relatedTo Belle Époque architecture ⓘ
German historicism ⓘ
Gründerzeit ⓘ
startTime circa 1890 ⓘ
typicalInCity Berlin ⓘ
Bremen ⓘ
Cologne ⓘ
Dresden ⓘ
Hamburg ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
Stuttgart ⓘ
typicalMaterial brick ⓘ
cast iron ⓘ
natural stone ⓘ
ornamental glass ⓘ
stucco ⓘ
usedFor administrative buildings ⓘ
banks ⓘ
bourgeois apartment buildings ⓘ
department stores ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
tenement blocks ⓘ
urban perimeter block development ⓘ
villas ⓘ
usesStyle Spanish Baroque Revival ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Baroque

Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Gothic

Renaissance Revival ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Renaissance

Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Hornschuchpromenade → architecturalStyle → Wilhelminian style ⓘ
Biedermeier → precedes → Wilhelminian style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gründerzeit style
Maximilianstrasse, Munich → architecturalStyle → Wilhelminian style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maximilianstil
Ahlbeck → hasArchitecturalStyle → Wilhelminian style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilhelminian architecture
Oranienburger Vorstadt → hasBuildingStyle → Wilhelminian style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilhelminian architecture
Bahnhofsviertel → hasArchitecturalStyle → Wilhelminian style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilhelminian architecture
Wilhelmine era → architecturalStyle → Wilhelminian style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilhelmine architecture
German imperial district (Quartier Impérial) → architecturalStyle → Wilhelminian style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilhelminian architecture