Architectural Styles
Inter-War Skyscraper Gothic
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1918-1939
- Strong verticality
- tall, narrow proportions
- pointed arches
- ornate spires, pinnacles, finials and decorative roof elements
- gargoyles, tracery, and other ornamental stonework
- limestone, brick, and terra cotta
- 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
- Commercial offices
- civic courthouses
- churches
- hotels
- Chrysler Building NYC
- 30 Rockefeller Plaza (GE Building) NYC
- Tribune Tower Chicago
- Bank of Manhattan Trust Building (now 40 Wall Street) NYC
- New York Life Building NYC
- Montreal Trust Building, Chicag
- Board of Trade Building
- Metropolitan Grand Hotels
- Luxury Apartment-Hotels
- Railway-Linked Hotels;
- Landmark Hotels
- Hotel Pennsylvania – USA (Gothic-influenced massing)
- Hotel Fort Shelby – USA (Transitional Gothic/Commercial)
- The Sherry‑Netherland – USA (Gothic-inflected Neo-Classical)
- El Dorado – USA (Gothic verticality with modern planning)
- Hotel Saskatchewan – Canada (Gothic-tinged château/skyscraper hybrid)
- Hotel Vancouver – Canada (Late inter-war, Gothic château skyscraper)
Landmarks
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