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MISSION

DEC 02 2023

REVIVAL

AMERICAN INFLUENCE
Contributing Editors:
Ranly David
Andre Justin Diloy
Dave Ganan
Charles Brian Puno
John Kenneth Romero
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YOUR PARAGRAPTHE MISSION REVIVAL
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WAS A POPULAR
DESIGN MOVEMENT THAT PEAKED IN
THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AFTER
EMERGING IN THE LATE 19TH. IT
COMBINES FEATURES OF SPANISH
COLONIALAND MISSION ARCHITECTURE,
TAKING INFLUENCE FROM THE
CALIFORNIAN SPANISH MISSIONS. THIS
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IS
DISTINGUISHED BY ITS BELL TOWERS,
ARCHED ENTRANCES, RED TILE ROOFS,
AND STUCCO WALLS, WHICH ARE
EVOCATIVE OF THE OLD SPANISH
MISSIONS.
WROUGHT-IRON RAILINGS AND LIGHT
FIXTURES GIVE A WHIMSICAL TOUCH TO
MANY BUILDINGS, EVEN IF MISSION
STYLE BUILDINGS HAVE LITTLE SURFACE
ADORNMENT. CAST TERRA COTTA OR
CONCRETE ARE USED IN ISLAMIC OR
SULLIVANESQUE PATTERNS WHERE
THERE IS SCULPTURED
ORNAMENTATION. THOUGH THEY CAN
BE FOUND IN A MULTITUDE OF SIZES
AND DESIGNS, WINDOWS FREQUENTLY
HAVE MULTIPLE PANES IN THE UPPER
SASH. TOWERS, COMPACT BALCONIES,
AND OPEN ARCADED PORCHES WITH
SQUARE COLUMNS SUPPORT THE MAIN
BODY OF BIGGER STRUCTURES.
TO SUM UP, MISSION STYLE BUILDINGS
HAVE UNIQUE FEATURES LIKE
SCULPTURAL ORNAMENTATION IN TERRA
COTTA OR CONCRETE, VARIED WINDOW
DESIGNS, PLAYFUL DETAILS LIKE
WROUGHT-IRON RAILINGS AND LIGHT
FIXTURES, AND ARCHITECTURAL
ELEMENTS LIKE ARCADED PORCHES AND
TOWERS. ALL OF THESE
CHARACTERISTICS ADD TO THE
MISSION-STYLE ARCHITECTURE'S
ENDURING POPULARITY.

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