To understand Spanish Revival architecture, we have to look back several hundred years. From the 16th to the mid-19th century, Spain was the dominant colonizer in the Americas. The parts of America ...

If there was confusion regarding the architectural differences between the styles of English Cottage and French Eclectic, there will be no confusion when it comes to identifying Spanish Revival. The ...

The popularity of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, like so many other memorable styles from the 18th and 19th centuries, resulted from exposure at international expositions, advancements in ...

With their red-tile roofs and stucco walls so commonplace that they’ve become part of the landscape, the homes of the Spanish Colonial Revival tapped the climate, local materials and an idealized view ...

The stunning Spanish Colonial Revival-style home in Santa Barbara was designed by Floyd E. Brewster, a protégé of architect George Washington Smith. Anyone with an eye for detail will be awestruck at ...

The Panama-California Exposition in 1915 was an unparalleled World’s Fair created ostensibly to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and its first stop at San Diego on the way north up the ...

Dancers Alma Real and Filipe del Hoyo at Old Spanish Days Fiesta, circa 1935. Credit: Santa Barbara Historical Museum Collection photo [Noozhawk’s note: One in a daily series leading up to Old Spanish ...

The historic Bowman-Cotton House, billed as “one of Point Loma’s most iconic waterfront homes,” was constructed in 1929 under the supervision of master architect Richard Requa. Requa, who studied ...

Last month, the Tallahassee Builders Associations’ Parade of Homes celebrated its 70th anniversary by allowing Tallahasseeans to take digital tours of the city’s most innovative and interesting new ...

Now you can tour the Spanish-influenced architecture of the French Quarter without ever leaving home, courtesy of the The Historic New Orleans Collection. Sharing the theme of the collection's ...