Modernism_valencia

= = =Apartment Building 7 = = = Sorni St., 23 = = = = =Apartment Building 8 = = = Félix Pizcueta St., 3



=The Post Office Building = Plaza Ayuntamiento, 24

=The XAPA House = Canovas Square

= = == = = =Valencia City Hall = Ayuntamiento Square == = = =Compare and contrast =


 * ==**//Building //**== || ==**//Architects //**== || ==**//Unique //**==

**//Characteristics //**
|| ==**//Common Characteristics //**== ||
 * **//Apartment Building 7 //**


 * Sorni St., 23 ** || //José Manuel Cortina Pérez // || //- This building has a medievalist character. //

//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- It presents a wide symmetrical façade with a vertical composition of holes, structured in three horizontal bands. //

//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- It have a great cornice, with pendants, is enhanced in the corners with triangular pinnacles with a small central rosette. //

//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- The decoration is based on the pleasant contrast among the brick, the top border, the stone and the wrought iron. // || //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">-Use of symmetry and rhythm. //

//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">-Presence of arches //

//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Use of bevels. //

//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">-Horizontal composition //

//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">-Existing Internal patios //

//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">-Domes //

//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">-Decoration and ornamentation // ||
 * **//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Apartment Building 8 //**


 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Félix Pizcueta St., 3 ** || José Manuel Cortina Pérez || - This building has a medievalist character.

- It presents a wide symmetrical façade

- The basement is differentiated from the central body and the top.

-The main entrance is marked with a double high arch. ||^  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The Post Office Building **


 * //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Plaza Ayuntamiento, 24 //** || Miguel Ángel Navarrese || -Respond to the eclecticism of the official architecture.

- It occupies two thirds of a compact block.

- The access to the building is emphasized by a salient body. ||^  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The XAPA House **


 * //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Canovas Square //** || Martorel Trilles, Emilio Ferrer, Carlos Carbonell || -Is presented as a homogeneous block of housings, it’s a design unit.

-The organization of the balconies determines a horizontal composition.

-The group is finished off by a serpentine element of floral decoration that reinforces its unit and its horizontality.

-The bevels interrupt the horizontality leading to the vertical rhythm of the terraces and balconies. ||^  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Valencia City Hall **


 * //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Ayuntamiento Square //** || Francisco Mora,

Carlos Carbonell || -The build is formed by two unified bodies. It’s a restoration of the old building that ends in the amplification of the building including a new façade.

-The new façade is structured around a central body.

-The bodies are ornamented with Corinthian columns.

-The rest of the façade correspond to the classic Renaissance.

-It uses a patio to articulate its interior. ||^  || = =