POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE TOLUCA VALLEY
CAREER: BIOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING
STUDENT: PATO BATA CARLOS ENRIQUE
ARCHITECTURE
UK architecture, or British architecture, consists of an eclectic mix of architectural
styles, ranging from pre-UK, like Roman, to the contemporary 21st century. England
has seen the most influential developments, although Ireland, Scotland and Wales
have fostered unique styles and played major roles in the international history of
architecture. Although there are prehistoric and classical structures in the United
Kingdom, British architectural history does indeed begin with the first Anglo-Saxon
Christian churches, built shortly after Augustine of Canterbury arrived in Great Britain
in 597. Norman architecture was built on a grand scale throughout Great Britain.
Britain and Ireland from the 11th century onwards in the form of castles and
churches to help impose Norman authority on their domains. English Gothic
architecture, which flourished between 1180 and around 1520, was initially imported
from France, but quickly developed its own unique qualities.
Across the UK, secular medieval architecture has left a legacy of grand stone castles,
with a concentration lying on either side of the Anglo-Scottish border, dating back to
the 14th century Scottish Wars of Independence. The invention of gunpowder and
cannons made castles redundant, and the English Renaissance that followed
facilitated the development of new artistic styles for domestic architecture: the Tudor,
English Baroque, Queen Anne, and Palladio styles. Georgian, Scottish, Baroness, and
Neoclassical architecture advanced after the Scottish Enlightenment, and various
modernist forms emerged from the 1930s, although traditionalist resistance
movements continue to be supported by Charles, the Prince of Wales.
