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CONTEMPORARY NY

Chronology of Styles in New York Architecture
	The Seventeenth Century:
	17th Century Colonial         Term applies to both colonial Dutch and English architecture.
	The Eighteenth Century:
	Georgian (1714-1776)         English-inspired colonial architecture.  Marked by a greater concern for         style and higher standards of comfort.  Fairly homogeneous in both New         England and Southern colonies.
	Neoclassicism (c.1780-1820)         There are several variations:         Federalist:  Especially common in New England; a traditionalist         approach to classicism, heavily influenced by English models.  Charles         Bulfinch, Samuel MacIntyre.         Idealist:  An intellectual and moral approach to classicism, at first         linked to Roman models.  Symbolic and associational values stressed.         Best example:  Thomas Jefferson.         Rationalist:  Emphasized structure and classical building techniques,         such as stone vaulting and domes.  Benjamin Latrobe.
	Notes on the English Regency style.
	The Nineteenth Century:
	The period is characterized by Romantic revivals and eclecticism. Greek Revival (1818-1850)         The first truly national style in the United States.  Strong associational         values.  Permeated all levels of building.
	Gothic Revival (c. 1820-1860)         Strong associational values of religion and nature.  Found in both ecclesiastical         and residential architecture.  A wide range of archaeological accuracy, from         Richard Upjohn's urban churches to "Carpenter's Gothic" cottages.
	The "Corporate Style" (c.1800-1900)         Practical architecture for engineering and commercial purposes; especially         early factories.  In its time thought to be a "style-less style."
	Egyptian Revival (1820-1850)         Used primarily for memorials, cemetaries, prisons, and later, warehouses.
	Neo-Georgian/ neo-Federal
	Italianate, or Italian Villa Mode (1840-1860)         A residential style used by A.J. Downing and others; a Renaissance revival.
	Second Empire Baroque (1860-1880)         French origin; used for public and residential architecture.
	High Victorian Gothic (1860-1880)         English origin; used for ecclesiastical, public, and residential architecture.
	Romanesque Revival/ Stick and/or Shingle Style/Queen Anne (1879-1900)
	Arts and Crafts         Used for residential architecture.
	Expressionism an organic form with a motif of streamlining which was to become so important in Western industrial design.
	Rundbogenstil (German round-arched neo-Romanesque)
	Moorish Revival Popular for synagogues.
	Chicago School (1885-1915)         Commercial architecture; skyscrapers.
	Classical Revival (1885-1920)         Also called Academic Classicism, or Beaux-Arts Classicism.         Related revivals:  Renaissance Revival, French Renaissance, Flemish.
	Gothic (Collegiate Gothic) (1885-1930)
	THE TWENTIETH CENTURY         Traditional styles continue; Modernism arises.
	Prairie School (1893-1920)         Frank Lloyd Wright and his followers.
	Spanish Revival (1920-1930)
	Wrightian, or Organic Architecture (1920-1959)         F.L. Wright's later style.
	Historicist Skyscrapers (1900-1940)
	Art Nouveau
	Neo-Gothic. (1905-1930)
	Setback Style Skyscrapers  (1920-1950) Also called Wedding Cake style.
	Art Deco (1925-1940)         Also called Art Moderne, Streamlined Modern.
	International Style:         International Style I (Early Modern) (1929-1940)         International Style II (1945-1970)
	Formalism (1957-present)         A renewed interest in monumental qualities and an interest in form for         expressive  purposes.  Eero Saarinen.
	Futurist (1955-present)          usually marked by striking shapes, clean lines, and advanced materials.
	Brutalism (1957-present)         Style inspired by LeCorbusier's late works; characterized by the use of         rough-cast concrete and massive forms.
	Structural Expressionism. Also called "high-tech modernism",(1975 to the present)
	Late Modern (International Style III) (1970-present)         Philip Johnson (before his conversion to Post-Modernism) and I.M. Pei, among         others.
	Post-Modernism (1964-present)
	THE TWENTIETH-FIRST CENTURY
	Blobitecture
	Deconstructivism
	Neomodern architecture
	Crafted Modernism
	Contemporary Neo-classical