Beaux-Arts
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    The Beaux-Arts style derives from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and is notable for paired columns, patterns within patterns, high parapets, domes, projecting facades, balustrades, pilasters and pavilions.  Ornaments on the building include flowers, garlands and shields.  The style was prevalent from approximately 1885 to 1920.  It was criticized by Frank Lloyd Wright in In the Course of Architecture as "Frenchite pastry." The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture writes: "Scholarly, self-confident, grand, and lush, the style was perfectly attuned to the mood of Europe and America in the two decades before 1914." 

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    Construction on the Wrigley Building in Chicago was begun in 1920.  The Wrigley Company website explains the look: "The architectural shape of the Wrigley Building is patterned after the Seville Cathedral’s Giralda Tower in Spain. However, the ornamental design of the building is based on an American adaptation of French Renaissance style." The architect was Charles Beersman.  The southern tower was finished in 1921, and the northern in 1924; the walkway was installed in 1931.  The architectural firm was Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, which also designed the Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum, and other Chicago buildings.

    Named for Asa Candler, who propelled the Coca Cola Company to prominence, this 17-story Candler Building was constructed between 1904 and 1906.  The National Park Service describes the building: "Typical of the era, its exterior was visually and structural divided into three parts--a two-story base, a 12-story shaft and a three-story capital with large overhanging cornice." The City of Atlanta website states: "An excellent example of the early twentieth century approach to developing a 'building as a monument,' the Candler Building is significant in the field of architecture for its sense of completeness as a business structure, and in the field of art and sculpture for its elaborateness of detail."  Shown here is one of the detailed ornamentation on the building.  The architect was George E. Murphy.