Architectural Styles
Palladian
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1570-1790s
- Balanced proportions
- symmetrical designs
- based on classical Roman architecture
- grand porticos
- columns featuring the classical orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian)
- Palladian Windows (large arched window flanked by two smaller rectangular windows)
- Classical Motifs such a
- pediments
- pilasters
- domes
- geometric simplicity
- rectangular and circular shapes.
- Italy
- UK
- USA
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Country houses
- villas
- palaces
- public buildings
- churches
- Villa Capra “La Rotonda” Vicenza
- Palazzo Chiericati Vicenza
- Teatro Olimpico Vicenza
- Villa Foscari “La Malcontenta” Mira
- Basilica Palladiana Vicenza
- Villa Barbaro Maser
- Virginia State Capitol
Palladian-influenced
- The White House Washington
- Monticello
Neo-Palladian
- Chiswick House London
- Wilton House England
- Stowe House
- Urban inns / hostelries (locande, osterie, alberghi)
- Coaching/Posting houses / road inns
- Merchant lodging + warehousing (fondaco-type buildings)
- Pilgrim hospices / hospitals
- Palladian / neo-Palladian villas converted into hotels
- Grand country houses (neo-Palladian) used as hotels;
Adaptive Reuse
- Royal Crescent Hotel Bath
- The Houghton Hotel / Estate-style Palladian houses
Landmarks
Original Accommodation
Adapted Visitor Accommodation