Architectural Styles
Inter-War Stripped Academic Classical
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1918-1939
- Sits between Beaux-Arts tradition and modern efficiency: classical discipline, minimal ornament, monumental calm
- Clean lines and geometric shapes
- flat or low-pitched roofs
- simplified columns, pilasters, and cornices
- symmetry
- textured rather than decorative
- brick, stone, and concrete
- USA, Europe, Australia, Canada
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Govt
- educational
- cultural
- commercial
- British Museum (Southeast Wing) London
- United States Supreme Court Building Washington
- National Gallery of Art (West Building) Washington
- Chicago Board of Trade Building (Remodeling)
- Ministry of Education Building Buenos Aires
- RCA Building (now the GE Building)
- Rockefeller Center
- Metropolitan Monumental Grand Hotels
- Government, Diplomatic & State Hotels
- Railway & Infrastructure-Linked Hotels
- Skyscraper Hotels in Stripped Classical Mode
- Luxury Apartment-Hotels & Long-Stay Residences
- Colonial & Civic Hotels
- Waldorf Astoria – USA
- Hotel Nacional de Cuba – Cuba
- Hotel Vancouver – Canada
- Palace Hotel – Japan
- King David Hotel – Mandatory Palestine
- Hotel Canberra – Australia
- Shepheard’s Hotel – Egypt
- Hotel Pennsylvania – USA
- Fairmont Royal York – Canada
- New Yorker Hotel – USA
- Hotel Statler – USA
- The Sherry‑Netherland – USA
- Savoy‑Plaza Hotel – USA
- Manila Hotel – Philippines
- Strand Hotel – Myanmar
Landmarks
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