The Battle of the Styles is a term used to refer to the conflict between supporters of the
Gothic style and the
Classical style in architecture. In Britain this led to public debates between
Decimus Burton
Decimus Burton (30 September 1800 – 14 December 1881) was one of the foremost English architects and landscapers of the 19th century. He was the foremost Victorian architect in the Roman revival, Greek revival, Georgian neoclassical and Reg ...
and
Augustus Pugin.
Later in the century the revival of
vernacular architecture led to an increasing palette of styles from which architects could choose, including
Queen Anne style and "
Tudorbethan" models. Numerous stylistic options led to a debate about
prefabricated stylistic options in architecture, which eventually mutated into the
Arts and Crafts
A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...
style and then into
Modernism.
See also
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List of architectural styles
References
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Architectural history
Architectural styles