America was dazzled, and Iberian fever spread as trendy architects adapted Spanish ideas to upscale homes and public buildings.
Architecture Inspired by Spain
By Jackie Craven, About.com Guide
Fanciful Churrigueresque Buildings
Casa del Prado in Balboa Park is a lavish re-invention of Spanish Baroque, or Churrigueresque, architecture
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Goodhue (along with fellow architects Carleton M. Winslow, Clarence Stein and Frank P. Allen, Jr.) created extravagant, capricious Churrigueresque towers based on the 17th and 18th century Spanish Baroque architecture. They filled Balboa Park in San Diego with arcades, arches, colonnades, domes, fountains, pergolas, reflecting pools, man-sized Muslim urns and an array of Disneyesque details.
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- Mediterranean House Styles
- The Spanish Eclectic House Style
- Mission Style Houses
- How a Canal Inspired Architects
- Fanciful Churrigueresque Buildings
- High Style Spanish Revival in Santa Barbara, California
- Spanish Revival in Florida
- The Florida Renaissance
- Spanish Deco
- Spanish Ideas Head North
Related Styles
Important Names
Suggested Reading
Spanish House PlansAdobe House PlansField Guide to American Houses
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