Architectural Styles

National Romantic

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Nordic Art Nouveau

Nordic Romanticism

Vernacular Revival

 

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1900-1920

  • Indigenous materials
  • wood and stone
  • Folkloric Elements
  • traditional motifs, patterns & décor
  • Organic Forms & Shapes
  • steeply pitched roofs
  • elaborate gables and dormers,
  • Integrated with Nature
  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Poland

Common Building Types

Landmark buildings

Historic Accommodation Types

Accommodation Examples

  • Govt offices
  • museums
  • cultural institutions
  • residential homes
  • churches
  • civic structures
  • Helsinki Central Railway Station
  • Swedish Museum of Natural History Stockholm
  • National Museum of Finland
  • National Romantic House Oslo
  • Tampere Cathedral, Finland
  • Stockholm City Hall
  • Masthugg Church
  • The Finnish National Theatre
  • Nylands Nation, Student Nation of Helsinki University
  • Hollola Municipal House
  • Alexanterinkatu Facade of Pohjola Insurance building
  • Kallio Church, Helsinki
  • Hvittorp (near Kirkkonummi)
  • Nilsiä Church, North Savo
  • Holdre Manor
  • Reval German Theatre
  • Taagepera Castle
  • St Paul’s Church, Tartu
  • Copenhagen City Hall
  • Aarhus Custom House
  • Aarhus Theatre
  • Copenhagen Central Station
  • The Royal Library
  • St. Andrew’s Church
  • Wawelberg Bank
  • Kapustin house
  • Melzer Revenue house
  • Traynin hoyse
  • Basseynaya Community of Apartment Owners buildings
  • Basser house
  • Sagalov house
  • Schmidt house
  • Vollenweider house
  • Bazhanov house
  • Shcherbov Estate Museum
  • Lidval house
  • Bergen station, Norway
  • Hovedbygningen, the main building of the Norwegian Institute of Technology
  • Polytechnic Students’ Union
  • Stockholm Court House
  • Taagepera Castle
  • Tarvaspää, museom
  • Uppenbarelsekyrkan
  • Vålerenga church, Oslo
  • Grand National Hotels (Capital & Cultural Cities)
  • Castle & Fortress Hotels (Neo-Medieval Nationalism)
  • Mountain & Wilderness Lodges
  • Seaside & Lake Resorts
  • Inns & Guesthouses (Vernacular Revival)
  • Converted National Romantic Civic Buildings
  • Railway & Gateway Hotels
  • Rural inns in Scandinavia and the Baltics
  • Folk-style pensions in national parks
  • Hotel Seurahuone — Helsinki
  • Hotel Tammer — Tampere (1929, late phase) Finland
  • Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden — near Stockholm
  • Dalen Hotel — Telemark 1894;
  • Frognerseteren Hotel — Oslo 1891
  • Stalheim Hotel — Vestland
  • Skagen Badehotel – Badehotel (Danish Seaside Hotel tradition)
  • Hotel Palace — Tallinn
  • Capital-city hotels in Helsinki, Stockholm, Riga
  • Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden, Sweden
  • Norwegian Turistforeningen lodges
  • Finnish and Swedish wilderness hotels
  • Baltic seaside resorts
  • Swedish archipelago hotels
  • Finnish lake-district hotels
  • Stadshotellet (various cities) — National Romantic phase
  • Town hotels rebuilt c. 1895–1910
  • Latvian Seaside & Spa Hotels — Jūrmala
  • Schloss Hotel Kronberg — near Frankfurt 1889–1893
  • Norwegian Tourist Association Lodges

Adaptive Reuse

  • Hotel Villa Kallio Finland

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