Architectural Styles
Beaux Arts
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1837-1920
- Grand Scale
- Monumentality
- balanced proportions
- symmetrical layouts
- rusticated & raised first story
- Flat roof
- sculptures
- reliefs
- intricate moldings
- classical motifs
- columns
- pilasters
- cornices
- porticos
- arched windows
- dome
- blends various art forms incl sculpture, painting, and decorative arts
- USA
- France
- International
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- City Halls
- Courthouses
- Govt Buildings
- museums
- libraries
- train stations
- theaters
- auditoriums
- Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC
- New York Public Library (Main Branch)
- Palace of the Legion of Honor SF
- Union Station Washington
- San Francisco City Hall
- Grand Central Terminal NYC
- Chicago Cultural Center
- Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren
- Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark, Brussels
- Palace of Laeken Brussels
- Museum of Natural History, Paris
- Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco
- Gare d’Orsay, Paris
- Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Hamburg
- Hotel Gallia, Milan
- Genoa Stock Exchange, Naples
- Galleria Umberto I Genoa
- Plan C, Rotterdam
- Peace Palace, The Hague
- Rotterdam City Hall
- Edifício de Gaveto, Lisbon
- Constantin Mihail Palace Romania
- Casino de Madrid
- Homes for the Marquis of Encinares, Madrid
- Metrópolis Building, Alcalá Street, Madrid, Spain
- Montreal City Hall, Montreal
- Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg;
- London & Lancashire Insurance Building, Place d’Armes, Montreal
- Montreal Stock Exchange
- Linton Apartments in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- The Sun Tower in Vancouver
- Senate of Canada Building; Dominion Square Building Montreal, Quebec
- City Hall of Chihuahua, Chihuahua City
- The Palace of Horticulture from the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco
- Casa Lebre, São Paulo
- Museo de la Policía, Bogotá
- University of Santo Tomas Main Building, Manila
- Flinders Street railway station, Melbourne
- Spa-town Neo-Baroque hotel
- Purpose-built Beaux-Arts grand hotels
- Beaux-Arts railway/terminal hotels
- Beaux-Arts railway/terminal hotels
- Beaux-Arts commercial buildings to hotel conversions
- Beaux-Arts civic buildings to hotels
- Beaux-Arts “grands cafés & lodging above”
- inns
- guesthouses
- The Plaza Hotel — New York City
- Fairmont San Francisco
- The Palace Hotel San Francisco
- The Willard InterContinental Washington, D.C.
- Hôtel de Crillon — Paris, France
- Grand Hôtel InterContinental (ex-Grand Hôtel) Paris
- The Westin St. Francis San Francisco, USA
- The Roosevelt Hotel New Orleans
- The Statler Hotels (various, e.g., Cleveland)
- Buenos Aires Grand Hotels (Argentina)- Alvear Palace Hotel (1912; Hotel Sofitel (historic façades) in Recoleta areas
- Palace Hotels in Europe (various)
- Kempinski Palace
- Grand Hotel Europe (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- Ritz Paris
Adaptive reuse
- Beaux-Arts townhouse / apartment conversions – In cities like New York, Paris, Chicago, Buenos Aires, Madrid
- Boutique inns in Beaux-Arts façades – Smaller historic buildings (often mixed use) are repurposed as inns or guesthouses in heritage districts (e.g., Paris 8e, Buenos Aires Recoleta, New York Upper East Side)
- Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires
Landmarks
Adapted Visitor Accommodation
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