Architectural Styles

Moorish Revival

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Neo-Moorish

Islamic Revival

 

Wikipedia

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