Architecture of the USA

1. Architecture of the usa

ARCHITECTURE OF
THE USA

2. Pre-Columbian

■ The oldest surviving structures in United States were made by the Ancient Pueblo
People
■ Early structures reflect Polynesian heritage and the refined culture of Hawaii
Cliff Palace, an
ancient dwelling
complex in Colorado.

3. Colonial: Spanish influences

■ The Spanish architecture built in the states of Texas, Florida and etc. was similar to
the design adopted in Mexico.
San Miguel Chapel, built in
1610, the oldest church
structure in the US.

4. Colonial: Spanish influences. Florida and Southeastern US

■ Spanish colonial architecture was built in Florida and the Southeastern United States from
1559 to 1821
The Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine Florida's dominant
Spanish Colonial landmark
Spanish-built French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.

5. English influences

■ Most early homes reflect the influences of modest village homes and small farms
■ The most prized architectural aspect of the house was the chimney. Large and usually
made of brick or stone, the chimney was very fashionable at this time, specifically 1600–
1715.
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The 1686 Jethro Coffin
House on Nantucket,
Massachusetts

6. Architecture for a new nation

■ The buildings of new federal and business institutions used the classic vocabulary of
columns, domes and pediments, in reference to ancient Rome and Greece
.

7. Architecture for a new nation: Federal architecture

■ The Federal style of architecture was popular from 1780 to 1830. This style include
neoclassical elements, bright interiors with large windows and white walls and ceilings.
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The South Carolina State
House,Columbia.

8. FRONTIER VERNACULAR

The Homestead Act of
1862 brought property
ownership within reach
for millions of citizens
A Sod House

9. Mid-19TH CENTIRY

Capitol building in Indianapolis
Mid-19TH CENTIRY
Greek Revival
Capitol building in Raleigh
Greek revival style attracted American
architects working in the first half of the
19th century. The young nation, free from
Britannic protection, was persuaded to
be the new Athens, that is to say, a foyer
for democracy

10. Mid-19TH CENTURY

MID-19TH CENTURY
The simple façade
Continuous cornice
• Ohio State Capitol
Absence of a dome

11. GOTHIC REVIVAL

Saint Patrick Cathedral
Mid-19TH CENTIRY
GOTHIC REVIVAL
country house "Lyndhurst"
From the 1840s on, the Gothic Revival style
became popular in the United States, under the
influence of Andrew Jackson Downing. Buildings
adopted a complex design that drew inspiration
from symmetry and neoclassicism.

12. Gilded Age and late 1800s

Following the
American Civil War
and through the turn
of the 20th century, a
number of related
styles, trends, and
movements emerged,
are loosely and
broadly categorized as
"Victorian".
The Carson Mansion

13. Rise of the skyscraper

RISE OF THE
SKYSCRAPER
The most notable United States
architectural innovation has been the
skyscraper. Several technical
advances made this possible

14. Revival Period Architecture (Late 19th Cent. - Early 20th Cent.)

Colonial Revival style
the Colonial Revival style
took certain design
elements – front façade
symmetry, front entrance
fanlights and sidelights,
pedimented doorways,
porches and dormers – and
applied them to larger scale
buildings

15. Revival Period Architecture

Beaux Arts Style
The Beaux Arts style uses formal symmetry, Italian Renaissance form, and
classical Greek and Roman decorative elements like columns, pediments and
balustrades to create a grand and imposing architectural statement. Exterior
decorative details include may include quoins, balconies, terraces, porches, and
porticoes as well as ornamental windows and grand entrances

16. Revival Period Architecture

Collegiate Gothic Revival Style
In the early 20th
century the Gothic
Revival style
reappeared for an
appropriate choice for
both university and
secondary school
buildings

17. Skyscrapers

■ In 1880s the first generation of skyscrapers appeared in Chicago and New York.
■
The American technological revolution of 1880 to 1890 saw a burst of creativity that
produced a wave of new inventions that helped architects to build higher than ever
before

18. Roadside architecture

■ Googie
■ Miami Modern

19. Googie architecture

■ influenced by car culture, jets, the Space Age, and the Atomic Age
■ originated in Southern California with the Streamline Moderne architecture of the
1930s, and was popular in the United States from roughly 1945 to the early 1970s

20. Hope International University

21. Elm Road Drive-In Theatre sign

22. Dot Coffee Shop

23. Miami Modern

■ Morris Lapidus pioneered the "Miami Modern" style, best seen in the Ritz-Carlton
South Beach, which went through a $90 million renovation in 2019

24. Kobi Karp offices along Miami's Biscayne Boulevard

25. Restaurant in the MiMo District

26. Post-War suburbs

■ Affordable automobiles and popular preference for single family detached homes
led to the rise of suburbs. Simultaneously praised for their quality of life and
condemned for architectural monotony, these have become a familiar feature of the
United States landscape

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28. Modernism

■ Early Modernism
■ International style

29. Early modernism

■ Interest in the simplification of the interior space and exterior facade progressed
due to the work of Irving Gill, characterized by several Californian houses with flat
roofs in the 1910s such as the Walter Luther Dodge house in Los Angeles.

30. International style

■ European architects who emigrated to the United States before World War II
launched what became a dominant movement in architecture, the International
Style

31. 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments

32. Salk Institute for Biological Studies

33. Phillips Exeter Academy Library

34. Kaufmann Desert House

35. TWA Flight Center

36. Dulles International Airport

37. Capital Records Building

38. Riverplace Tower

39. Equitable Life Building

40. CLA Building

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