Architectural Styles
Inter-War Mediterranean
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1918-1939
- Not just “resorty Art Deco,” but a deliberate classical–vernacular hybrid
- White stucco
- red Spanish clay tile roofs
- arches, and decorative elements that evoke a coastal, warm climate feel
- Blend of various Mediterranean traditions
- Spanish, Italian, and Moorish influences
- round arched doors & windows
- balconies & verandahs
- tile work
- wrought iron fixtures
- ornamental plasterwork
- Mediterranean basin: Italy, France, Spain
- US Sunbelt: California, Florida, Arizona
- Colonial world: Middle East, Southeast Asia, Caribbean
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Residential
- public
- commercial
- civic
- Casa Bianca LA
- Beverly Hills Hotel California
- San Diego Museum of Art
- Huntington Library San Marino
- Santa Barbara Courthouse
- Grosse Pointe War Memorial Michigan
- Miami Beach Architectural District
- Villa Saboya Paris
- El Mirador Hotel Palm Springs
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),
- Luxury Mediterranean Resort Hotels
- Urban Mediterranean Revival Grand Hotels
- Motor-Age Mediterranean Hotels & Inns
- Colonial & Overseas Mediterranean Hotels
- Hybrid Mediterranean-Modernist Hotels;
- Hotel du Cap‑Eden‑Roc – France
- Royal Hawaiian Hotel – USA
- Boca Raton Resort & Club – USA
- Hotel Nacional de Cuba – Cuba
- Manila Hotel – Philippines
- Normandie Hotel – Puerto Rico
- Excelsior Hotel – Italy
- La Quinta Resort & Club – USA
- Arizona Biltmore – USA
- King David Hotel – Mandatory Palestine
- Shepheard’s Hotel – Egypt
- Strand Hotel – Myanmar
- Hotel Excelsior – Italy
- Hotel Miramar – Monaco
- Beverly Hills Hotel California 1920s–30s expansions and remodelling
- El Mirador Hotel Palm Springs
- Villa Riviera (Long Beach, California) Mediterranean Revival / Italian Renaissance Revival
Landmarks
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