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Romanian architecture is very diverse, including medieval, pre-World War I, interwar, postwar, and contemporary 21st century architecture. In Romania, there are also regional differences with regard to architectural styles. Architecture, as the rest of the arts, was highly influenced by the socio-economic context and by the historical situation.
Romanian Revival architecture (a.k.a. Romanian National Style, Neo-Romanian, or Neo-Brâncovenesc; Romanian: stilul național român, arhitectura neoromânească, neobrâncovenească) is an architectural style that has appeared in the late 19th century in Romanian Art Nouveau, [4] initially being the result of the attempts of finding a specific Romanian architectural style.
Horia Creangă (20 July 1892 – 1 August 1943) was a Romanian architect and key figure of the modernist movement in Romania.Described as "the true founder of the modernist age" in his native county, [1] he is best known as the designer of the first large scale modernist building in Romania, the ARO building on Magheru Boulevard, Bucharest, completed in 1931.
Style Romanian Revival The Lahovari House ( Romanian : Casa Lahovari ) is a house in the sector 2 of Bucharest , built by Ion Mincu between 1884 and 1886, at the request of Iacob Lahovary (1846–1907), general and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of War and Chief of the General Staff.
Crețulescu Palace (Palatul Crețulescu in Romanian, alternative spelling "Kretzulescu" or "Krețulescu") is a historic building near the Cișmigiu Gardens on Știrbei Vodă Street nr. 39, in Bucharest, Romania. It was built for the Crețulescu family in 1902–1904 by Romanian architect Petre Antonescu (1873–1965). [1]
The first eclectic building in Bucharest, Palatul Noblesse is a historical monument built in 1881 by architect Alexandru Săvulescu (who also built the Romanian National Museum of History). The house was made for banker Ioan Pascu. It was the first building that Săvulescu designed after he returned from Paris, where he studied architecture. [2]
The two lions at the entrance, and the gates and fences, in the Louis XIV style, give the building a princely look. The palace had the fame of a place in Bucharest where balls were held. [ 7 ] For the decoration of the interiors, Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino turned to the most famous artists of the time: George Demetrescu Mirea , Nicolae ...
Upon returning to Romania, he married in 1887, and had a daughter, Maria. [1] He promoted a specific Romanian style in architecture, by integrating in his works the specific style of traditional Romanian architecture. Mincu was the most important Romanian architect for Art Nouveau and Romanian Revival architecture. [2]