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Let us share, for a few
minutes, the architectural fantasies
of previous generations of architects and their
clients/the uninitiated, walking past the
imposing structure at 2315 Durant Avenue, in
Berkeley, might wonder what it contains, let
alone what style it is.The bronze plaques
attached to the front wall identify the building
as the Berkeley City Club, formerly the Berkeley
Women's City Club, designed by Julia Morgan in
1929, and the style "A successful interpretation
of moorish and Gothic elements." However, a look
at the front entrance, surmounted by an
elaborate semi-circular multifoil - floreated -
archway with flanking colonnetes decorated with
spiraling vines shows more. The form of this
archway, as well as the sobriety of the overall
massing of the building, and other details,
identify it as a free interpretation of the
romanesque style, which flourished in western
Europe roughly between the 8th and the 12th
Centuries. In fact, much of the building recalls
the romanesque, such as the 12th and 13th
Centuries church in Santillana Del Mar, Vizcaya,
near Santander.
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