Architectural Styles

Rococo

Alt names / subperiods 

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Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Late Baroque

Louis XV

 

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1715-1774

  • Ornate Decoration
  • intricate detailing
  • scrolls
  • shells
  • floral motifs
  • Asymmetry
  • soft pastels
  • light hues
  • Curvilinear Forms
  • Integrated Interior & Exterior
  • France with influences in
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Italy
  • Eastern Europe

Common Building Types

Landmark buildings

Historic Accommodation Types

Accommodation Examples

  • Palaces
  • churches
  • private residences
  • theatres
  • salons
  • Amalienburg Munich
  • Nymphenburg Palace Munich
  • Schönbrunn Palace Vienna
  • Hôtel de Soubise Paris
  • Chapel of the Holy Cross Munich
  • Schleissheim Palace (Schleissheim, near Munich
  • Ludwigsburg Residential Palace (Württemberg)
  • Hôtel de Varengeville (Paris)
  • Petit Trianon & Queen’s Theatre (Versailles)
  • Château de Balleroy (Normandy, France)
  • Palazzo Clerici Sala degli Specchi (Hall of Mirrors) (Milan)
  • Palazzo Marchi (Turin)
  • Palazzo Cavriani (Mantua)
  • Royal Castle (Warsaw, Poland)
  • Lednice Castle (Czech Republic)
  • Kroměříž Archbishop’s Palace (Czech Republic)
  • Vierzehnheiligen Basilica (Bavaria, Germany)
  • Asamkirche (Munich, Germany)
  • Ottobeuren Abbey (Bavaria, Germany)
  • Palace / château hotels
  • Townhouse hotels (hôtels particuliers)
  • Historic “grand hotel” adapted in a Rococo-era building
  • Manor house / country house hotels
  • Convent / monastery conversions with Rococo interiors
  • Heritage serviced apartments in Rococo buildings
  • Hôtel Airelles Château de Versailles – Le Grand Contrôle (Versailles, France)
  • Hotel de Crillon Paris

Adaptive Reuse

  • Schloss Leopoldskron (Hotel Schloss Leopoldskron) (Salzburg, Austria)
  • Castello di Guarene – Northern Italy
  • Rococo former aristocratic residences in Austria, Czech Republic, and Bavaria converted to boutique hotels

Landmarks

Original Accommodation

Adapted Visitor Accommodation