Stripped Classical

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Stripped Classical is an architectural style that simplifies traditional classical forms by removing most ornamentation while retaining basic symmetry, proportion, and monumental scale.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Stripped Classicism 7
Stripped Classical canonical 5
Stripped classicism 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century architectural style ⓘ
architectural style ⓘ
contrastsWith highly ornamented classical revival styles ⓘ
pure functionalist modernism ⓘ
derivedFrom Classical architecture ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
emergedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Grecian Moderne ⓘ
PWA Moderne ⓘ
Starved Classicism ⓘ
Stripped Classicism ⓘ
linked to: Stripped Classical
hasCharacteristic austere facades ⓘ
centralized entrance emphasis ⓘ
emphasis on mass and volume ⓘ
geometric simplification of classical motifs ⓘ
large unadorned wall surfaces ⓘ
limited sculptural decoration ⓘ
minimal ornamentation ⓘ
monumental colonnades with little detailing ⓘ
simplified classical orders ⓘ
strong vertical and horizontal lines ⓘ
symmetrical composition ⓘ
use of stone or stone-like cladding ⓘ
influencedBy economic constraints of the interwar period ⓘ
modernist ideas of simplification ⓘ
traditional classical symbolism ⓘ
popularInPeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
relatedStyle Art Deco ⓘ
Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ
linked to: Beaux-Arts

Modernist architecture ⓘ
retainsFeature classical proportion ⓘ
classical symmetry ⓘ
monumental scale ⓘ
typicalBuildingType civic building ⓘ
courthouse ⓘ
government building ⓘ
institutional building ⓘ
monument ⓘ
museum ⓘ
post office ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ
typicalClient authoritarian regimes ⓘ
national governments ⓘ
public agencies ⓘ
usedFor expression of civic authority ⓘ
expression of state power ⓘ
representation of stability and permanence ⓘ
usesDesignPrinciple reduction of ornamentation ⓘ
simplification of classical forms ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Bergstrom → architecturalStyle → Stripped Classical ⓘ
Paul Philippe Cret → movement → Stripped Classicism ⓘ
linked to: Stripped Classical
Interwar architecture → hasMovement → Stripped Classicism ⓘ
linked to: Stripped Classical
Senate House, University of London → architecturalStyle → Stripped Classicism ⓘ
linked to: Stripped Classical
Eggers & Higgins → architecturalStyle → Stripped Classicism ⓘ
linked to: Stripped Classical
Stripped Classical → hasAlternativeName → Stripped Classicism ⓘ
linked to: Stripped Classical
Ernst Sagebiel → movement → Stripped classicism ⓘ
linked to: Stripped Classical
Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin → architecturalStyle → Stripped Classicism ⓘ
linked to: Stripped Classical
Art Deco city centre → hasArchitecturalStyle → Stripped Classical ⓘ
John Gorton Building → architecturalStyle → Stripped Classical ⓘ
Louis A. Simon → architecturalStyle → Stripped Classical ⓘ
Starved Classicism → hasAlternativeName → Stripped Classicism ⓘ
linked to: Stripped Classical
Starved Classicism → hasAlternativeName → Stripped Classical ⓘ