Architectural Styles

Palazzo Revival

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Italianate revival

Renaissance Revival

 

Wikipedia

1816-1930s

  • Large, symmetrical facades
  • elaborate ornamentation,
  • rounded arches for windows and doorways,
  • rusticated stone or brickwork
  • prominent balconies or verandas,
  • decorative ironwork
  • elaborate stone balustrades,
  • Clay Tile Roofs
  • USA
  • NYC
  • Chicago
  • SF
  • Italy

Common Building Types

Landmark buildings

Historic Accommodation Types

Accommodation Examples

  • Civic buildings
  • residential homes
  • theaters,
  • opera houses
  • urban hotels
  • clubs
  • banks
  • apartment buildings
  • cultural centers
  • Boston Public Library
  • Palais Leuchtenberg Munich
  • The Travellers Club (1829)
  • The Reform Club (1830), Pall Mall, London
  • Athenaeum Club London,
  • United Service Club
  • The Athenaeum, Manchester
  • Bridgewater House, London
  • Cliveden in Buckinghamshire
  • The General Post Office Building, Sydney
  • Free Trade Hall Manchester
  • Prudential (Guaranty) Building Buffalo
  • Wainwright Building St. Louis
  • Bauakademie, Berlin
  • The Machinery Hall at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
  • The Ryrie Building Toronto, Canada
  • Purpose-built “palazzo-style” grand hotels
  • Palazzo Revival apartment-hotel conversions
  • Gentlemen’s club / social club conversions
  • Commercial palazzo conversions (banks/offices to hotels)
  • Railway-era city hotels in palazzo form
  • Serviced apartments in palazzo revival buildings
  • The Langham, London (opened 1865)
  • The Savoy, London (opened 1889)
  • Hôtel Regina Louvre, Paris (opened 1900)
  • InterContinental Paris Le Grand (opened 1862)
  • The Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York (1859)
  • The Palmer House, Chicago (later 1870s rebuilding)
  • Grand Hotel et de Milan, Milan (opened 1863)
  • Hotel Windsor, Melbourne (1883)

Adaptive Reuse

  • The Fullerton Hotel Sydney (former GPO building, 1874–1891)

Landmarks

Original Accommodation

Adapted Visitor Accommodation