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GEORGIAN
GEORGIAN
A POPULAR STYLE NAMED FOR THE REIGNS OF THE FIRST FOUR KING GEORGES OF ENGLAND..
THEIR PLEASING SYMMETRY, IN PART ACHIEVED BY APPLYING THE GOLDEN RATIO, IS EASY ON
THE EYES.
HOUGHTON HALL
HOUGHTON IS CURRENTLY THE HOME OF THE MARQUESS OF CHOLMONDELEY AND HIS WIFE,
ROSE CHOLMONDELEY. LORD CHOLMONDELEY IS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF SIR ROBERT
WALPOLE WHO BUILT THE HALL IN THE 1720S.
• FEDERAL ARCHITECTURE
THE ROTUNDA
THE ROTUNDA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA WAS DESIGNED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON AS THE
ARCHITECTURAL AND ACADEMIC HEART OF THE UNIVERSITY. THE ROTUNDA IS ALSO USED
FOR IMPORTANT CEREMONIAL EVENTS, SUCH AS THE LYING IN STATE OF EMINENT CITIZENS,
THE AWARDING OF CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS AND THE DEDICATION OF WORKS OF ART.
• VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE
ACTUALLY REFERS TO STYLES THAT EMERGED IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1830 AND 1910,
DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA. THE VICTORIAN ERA SPAWNED SEVERAL WELL-
KNOWN STYLES, INCLUDING GOTHIC REVIVAL, ITALIANATE, SECOND EMPIRE, QUEEN ANNE,
STICK STYLE, ROMANESQUE STYLE AND SHINGLE STYLE.
FALKIRK, AN 1888 QUEEN ANNE-STYLE VICTORIAN BUILDING IS THE FORMER HOME OF SHIPPING MAGNATE
ROBERT DOLLAR. FALKIRK CULTURAL CENTER IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY OF SAN
RAFAEL AND IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PLACES.
• PUEBLO ARCHITECTURE
A REGIONAL ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES, WHICH DRAWS ITS
INSPIRATION FROM SANTA FE DE NUEVO MÉXICO'S TRADITIONAL PUEBLO ARCHITECTURE,
THE SPANISH MISSIONS, AND TERRITORIAL STYLE.
HOTEL FRANCISCAN
A BRILLIANTLY DESIGNED PUEBLO REVIVAL BUILDING DRAWN BY TROST & TROST. NOT ONLY DID
TROST CONSIDER IT A MILESTONE DESIGN, IT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY KNOWN AND
ADMIRED OF THE FIRM’S BUILDINGS, REACHING THE NOTORIETY OF HIS EL PASO ALHAMBRA
THEATER IN WIDESPREAD FAME AND ADMIRATION.
• TUDOR ARCHITECTURE
TYPE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE, MAINLY DOMESTIC, THAT GRAFTED RENAISSANCE
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS ONTO THE PERPENDICULAR GOTHIC STYLE BETWEEN 1485 AND 1558.
CHRISTCHURCH MANSION
TUDOR MANSION BUILT BETWEEN 1548 AND 1550 BY EDMUND WITHIPOLL AND NOW
MAINTAINED AS AN ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM THAT IS PART OF THE IPSWICH MUSEUM OF
ART. THE MANSION HOUSES A COLLECTION OF LOCAL ANTIQUITIES, INCLUDING PAINTINGS
AND MEMORIALS OF EDWARD FITZGERALD AND THOMAS WOLLNER.
• PALLIADIANISM ARCHITECTURE
PALLADIANISM WAS AN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE FASHIONABLE IN BRITAIN BETWEEN 1715 AND
1760. IT WAS BASED ON THE DESIGNS OF THE 16TH-CENTURY VENETIAN ARCHITECT ANDREA
PALLADIO (1508 – 80).
CHISWICK HOUSE