Mediterranean architecture
Whitewashed seaside buildings
Mediterranean architecture draws from the building traditions of countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea—particularly Spain, Italy, and Greece.
Characteristic features include stucco walls, red clay roof tiles, arched doorways and windows, wrought-iron details, and interior courtyards.
The style emphasizes outdoor living and natural cooling: Their Mediterranean villa had thick walls and deep-set windows to keep out the summer heat.
In American residential design, the term often describes a romanticized revival style popular in warm climates like Florida and California.
- white wallsTires with light sidewalls
- stuccoDecorative wall plaster
- historical heritageInherited traditions from the past
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- terracottaFired reddish-brown ceramic
red roof tiles · cross-ventilation · courtyards · inner courtyard · climate adaptation · column · breezeways · Italian Renaissance · arch · wrought iron · dome · portico · vaulted ceilings · stone arches · sea breeze · mosaic · tile · open floor plans
Mediterranean architectureInternational Style
Functionalist architecture movement, 1920s
modernist architecture · Brutalism · industrial architecture · deconstructivism · Bauhaus
Mediterranean architectureminimalist architecture
Buildings stripped to essentials
Bauhaus · International Style · Brutalism · Japanese minimalism · functionalism
Mediterranean architectureNordic design
Minimalist Scandinavian aesthetic movement
Dutch architecture · German architecture · Japanese architecture
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