Chateauesque
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Chateauesque is an architectural style based on French chateaux style used in the 1400s in the Loire Valley. It was popularized in the United States by Richard Morris Hunt during the 1880s. The style frequently features elaborate towers and spires inspired by and built using late Gothic and Italian Renaissance ornamentation. Many of the buildings are based on the buildings built in the Loire Valley in France during the 16th Century. As a revival style, Chateausque buildings typically built on an asymmetrical plan, with an exceedingly broken roof-line and a facade composed of advancing and receding planes. The style was mostly employed in the United States for residences of the extremely wealthy, though was occasionally used for public buildings. The style began to fade after the 1900s.
See also
| Revival styles in 19th-century architecture | |
|---|---|
| Neo-Classicism: | Directoire and Empire • Regency • Egyptian Revival • Greek Revival and Neo-Grec |
| Neo-Romanesque and Byzantine Revival: | Richardsonian Romanesque • Russo-Byzantine • Muscovite Revival |
| Gothic Revival: | Scottish Baronial • Tudorbethan • Muscovite Gothic • Moorish Revival • Indo-Saracenic |
| Neo-Renaissance: | Italianate • Second Empire • Chateauesque • Jacobethan |
| Neo-Baroque and 18th century: | Beaux-Arts • Wrenaissance • Queen Anne • Georgian Revival • Colonial Revival |
External links
- [Pictures of Chateauesque architecture]
- [Chateauesque pictures from Chicago]
- [Row of Chateauesque homes in Louisville, KY]
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