The history of English architecture (or how the historic events changed and shaped it)

Prehistory Romans Dark Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Georgians Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 AIMS: To review foreign researches on history of British architecture To allot the most influential architectural styles and pick out their distinctive elements To identify architectural issues that are important for British society today To create a useful infographic, that can help students to learn more about British culture and housing To show how versatile and variegated architecture can be GOALS:

Prehistory Romans Dark Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Georgians Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 Prehistory Throughout the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, houses are almost invisible in the archaeological record. Rare examples include some early Neolithic buildings recently discovered not far from Arthur's Stone.

Romans Prehistory Romans Dark Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Georgians Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 Romans They built fortresses, villas, temples, towns, baths, great walls and Roman roads - changing the face of Britain forever

Dark Ages Prehistory Romans Duck Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Georgians Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 Dark Ages The majority of Anglo-Saxon buildings were constructed mainly using wood, so few are left standing. The timber-building tradition left its mark, however, on later stone-built churches.

Medieval Prehistory Romans Dark Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Georgians Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 Medieval NORMAN STYLE THE GOTHIC The great cathedrals and parish churches that lifted up their towers to heaven were acts of devotion in stone...

Tudors Prehistory Romans Dark Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Georgians Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 Tudors William Harrison noted in his Description of England (1577): “Each one desireth to set his house aloft on the hill, to be seen afar off, and cast forth his beams of stately and curious workmanship into every quarter of the country.”

Prehistory Romans Dark Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Georgians Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 Inigo Jones (1573–1652) was the first English architect who fully embraced Classicism.

Georgians Prehistory Romans Dark Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 Georgians The classic – and nearly always Classical – Georgian building is the country house, standing alone in its own landscaped park. But this is also the period that saw the first steps towards a coherent approach to town planning.

Victorians Prehistory Romans Dark Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Georgians Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 Victorians The architectural profession is largely a Victorian creation. In the 18th century it was common for architects to act as developers and geodesists too, but by the 1820s such roles were being devolved, leaving architects free to experiment with a profusion of styles. Thomas Cubitt (25.02.1788 – 20.121855) ARTS AND CRAFTS GOTHIC REVIVAL

Modern Prehistory Romans Dark Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Georgians Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 ART NOUVEAU BRUTALISM Modern The most important trends in early 20th century architecture simply passed Britain by. However, after the Second World War the situation began to change. Le Corbusier wrote of a house as a ‘machine for living in’, with five points: a flat roof, free plan, free façade, strip windows and pilots or columns to open up the ground floor. Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art

Modern Prehistory Romans Dark Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Georgians Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 MODERNISM POSTMODERNISM Modern The most important trends in early 20th century architecture simply passed Britain by. However, after the Second World War the situation began to change. Le Corbusier wrote of a house as a ‘machine for living in’, with five points: a flat roof, free plan, free façade, strip windows and pilots or columns to open up the ground floor.

Contemporary Prehistory Romans Dark Ages Medieval Tudors Stuarts Georgians Victorians Modern Contemporary Before AD 43 c. 410 1066 1485 1603 1714 1837 1901 2000 Contemporary Jonathan Glancey, the Guardian's architecture critic: “The saddest thing is that new British housing is pretty much a complete disgrace. We like to invest in supermarkets, shopping malls, distribution centres, spiky office towers and show-off museums, and yet appear to care not a jot for how we house those with little power or money. This is the next challenge for British architecture. But who, in New Britain plc, will foot the bill?”

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