Architectural Styles

Egyptian Revival

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Egyptomania

Egyptian Neoclassicism

Egyptianizing Style

 

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1798-1930s

  • Egyptian Motifs
  • hieroglyphs
  • obelisks
  • sphinxes
  • lotus columns
  • grand and imposing scale
  • symmetry
  • stone, that mimics ancient Egyptian stonework
  • color palette of warm earth tones and gold accents
  • pyramid shapes or elements,
  • USA
  • Europe
  • Australia

Common Building Types

Landmark buildings

Historic Accommodation Types

Accommodation Examples

  • Museums
  • libraries
  • banks
  • memorials
  • monuments
  • theatres
  • performing arts venues
  • Egyptian Hall London
  • Tombs in the Cemetery of Père Lachaise
  • Fairmount Park Philadelphia
  • Egyptian Revival Wing of the Louvre Museum
  • Church of St. John the Evangelist NY
  • Neues Museum Berlin
  • Temple maçonnique des Amis philanthropes Brussels
  • Egyptian Theatre Colorado
  • Hotel Beauharnais Paris
  • Fontasine du Fellah Paris
  • Tsarskoye Selo St Petersburg
  • Highgate cemetry london
  • Egyptain building Virginia Commonweath Uni Richmond
  • Hotels
  • Inns
  • Converted Egyptian Revival civic / commercial buildings
  • Egyptian Revival entertainment buildings adapted to hotels
  • Masonic temples / fraternal buildings reused as hotels
  • Apartment hotels in Egyptian Revival residential blocks
  • “Egyptomania” interiors within otherwise non-Egyptian buildings
  • Cairo’s “Egyptian Revival–themed” Hospitality Districts / Boutique Hotels
  • Hotels Influenced by Egyptomania or Egyptian Motifs – Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor
  • Related / Thematic Examples – Mena House Hotel, Giza; Windsor Hotel (Cairo)

Adaptive Reuse

  • Cairo Marriott (originally Gezirah Palace)

Landmarks

Original Accommodation

Adapted Visitor Accommodation