Architectural Styles

    Moorish Revival

    Alt names / subperiods 

    Timeline

    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

    Neo-Moorish

    Islamic Revival

     

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    1820s-1930s

    • Pointed arches
    • colorful, ornamental tile work (zellij)
    • intricate mosaics
    • Rich decorative details
    • stucco work
    • arabesques
    • geometric patterns
    • Integrated courtyards & gardens
    • slender, tower-like structures resembling minarets
    • USA
    • Europe

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Accommodation Examples

    • Mosques
    • Theatres
    • community centres
    • museums
    • libraries
    • hotels
    • resorts
    • synagogues
    • bathhouses
    • pavilions
    • civic buildings
    • exotic leisure architecture
    • Murat Centre Indianopolis
    • Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theater
    • Bains Dunkerquois Dunkerque 
    • Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Rio
    • The Zacherlfabrik Vienna
    • Yenidze Cigarette Factory Dresden
    • Gedung Sate, Bandung, Indonesia
    • Campo Pequeno Bullring Lisbon
    • Henry B. Plant Museum Tampa Florida
    • Vijecnica Bosnia
    • Sarajevo City Hall
    • Alupka Palace Crimea
    • Dohany St Synagogue Budapest
    • Wilshire Boulevard Temple LA
    • Moorish Revival “palace” hotels
    • Converted Moorish Revival leisure buildings
    • Moorish Revival theatre/cinema conversions
    • Moorish Revival institutional conversions
    • Resort villas / mansions with Moorish detailing
    • Moorish Revival apartment blocks adapted to short stays
    • The Alhambra Palace Hotel — Granada, Spain
    • El Minzah Hotel Tangier, Morocco
    • La Mamounia (original hotel and interiors) Marrakesh, Morocco
    • The Seville Hotel Seville, Spain
    • Moorish-styled pavilions/inns in spa towns In parts of France (e.g., Nice, Cannes), Italy (Taormina), & North Africa

    Adaptive Reuse

    • Hospitality Conversions in Moorish Themed Building
    • Former Moorish-inspired theatres & civic buildings adapted to mixed uses including accommodation (lofts or hotel rooms)
    • Boutique riad hotels in historic medinas (Marrakesh, Fes, Tunis)

    Landmarks

    Original Accommodation

    Adapted Visitor Accommodation