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By 1932 nearly one in three homes in America had French Provincial design elements.The style fell out of favor in the 1930s, [6] but had a resurgence in the 1960s. [1] In the United States architect Frank J. Forster promoted the style. He was recognized by his peers as a master of French provincial architecture in 1927, 1928, and 1929. [6]
The Searles Castle is a French chateau-style castle-style house in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [2] Built in the 1880s, the romantically imagined structure has seven stories and includes a "dungeon" basement. The castle was initially designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White, [3] a famous New York architectural firm at the time.
Despite their French ornamentation, as a revival style, buildings in the châteauesque style do not attempt to completely emulate a French château. Châteauesque buildings are typically built on an asymmetrical plan, with a roof-line broken in several places and a facade composed of advancing and receding planes.
The Chateau Louis XIV was built on the site of the former Chateau du Camp [5] [6] in Louveciennes, with the aim of building a modern house, with hi-tech controls [7] incorporated within a 17th-century aspect, layout, and materials. [8] [9] The château incorporates elements inspired by the château Vaux-le-Vicomte and the Palace of Versailles ...
The inspiration for the design of Ferrières was Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, England, the house that Paxton had built for Baron James's nephew, Mayer Amschel de Rothschild. On seeing Mentmore, Baron James is reputed to have summoned Paxton and ordered him to "Build me a Mentmore, but twice the size".
The king's plan to divert the Loire to surround the château came about only in a novel; Amadís de Gaula, which Francis had translated. In the novel the château is referred to as the Palace of Firm Isle. Chambord's towers are atypical of French contemporary design in that they lack turrets and spires.
Waldo hired Francis Kimball and George Thompson to design a chateauesque house in New York City after being inspired by a chateau in France. [42] In November 1894, the architectural firm of Kimball and Thompson filed plans for two houses near the southeast corner of 72nd Street and Madison Avenue. [ 48 ]
The design was completed in 1770 and construction was carried out in 1771. The inauguration took place on 2 September 1771 in the presence of the King. A play by Charles Collé was performed, La partie de chasse de Henri IV , [ 2 ] and dinner was served with music (the musicians complained about the exiguity of the platforms of the dining room ...