1920s architecture residential

Another special example of the distinctive buildings built so often in the city: 46 W. 56th St., north side, east of Sixth Ave., ca. 1912. The building is still there and retains many of its features, with the added adornment of a Potbelly Sandwich Shop on the ground floor. This was the Goraud Building, named after Jackson Gouraud who bought it around 1908. It was one of several limestone mansions that had replaced the neighborhood's "comfortable rows of identical brownstones," according to…

old chicago hotel architecture

Be an architecture detective. Print out the worksheets in this article and take them with you as you explore your neighborhood and city. See if you can identify the architectural styles of the buildings around you, using the clues in the worksheets. Take photographs of the most interesting buildings and make a note of their street number and address. When you get home, take out your photographs and examine all the clues you can find. Make notes on the architectural evidence that lets you…

A good quality Neo-Romanian style design of a house from the 1920s in Kiseleff area of Bucharest, that uses in larger proportion than usual traditional Wallachian domestic architecture elements, which can be traced in the Ottoman baroque, and does not emphasise the cula tower symbolism. #neoromanian #kiseleff #bucharest #ottomanbaroque #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

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Anne McDonald Design calls Minneapolis's historic North Loop neighborhood home. It’s where Anne and her team energize classical design practices with natural, artful materials. Anne is wild about t...

Culture Trip checks out the most beautiful and intricate Art Deco buildings in Los Angeles.