Italian renaissance revival italian renaissance revival an architectural style emulating the renaissance palazzi of northern italy.
Italian renaissance revival architecture flat roof.
Buildings in this style are usually characterized by façades that are commonly symmetrical and essentially flat.
Italian renaissance revival structures might have a flat roof with wide eaves supported by brackets or they might have a hipped roof with sloping sides made of clay tile.
Another common feature for this flat roof version of the italian renaissance revival style is a rusticated stone first floor with upper floors having a smooth finish.
Usually two or three stories high.
One version of the style features a large rectangular building usually three or more stories in height topped by a flat roof with a crowning balustrade.
One version of the style features a large rectangular building usually three or more stories in height topped by a flat roof with a crowning balustrade.
Most italian renaissance revival style buildings have low pitched or flat roofs which are hidden by cornices short parapet walls or balustrades.
A tower is often incorporated hinting at the italian belvedere or even campanile tower.
Most popular from 1800s to about 1930.
Emphatic eaves supported by corbels low pitched roofs barely discernible from the ground or even flat roofs with a wide projection.
Rectangular or square in plan.