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Essays in Architecture: Aspects of the development of Gothic and Arts & Crafts in Great Britain
After the three centuries of condemned state, Gothic architecture stood in revival in Great Britain. AWN Pugin and writings from Kenneth Clark, who wrote the Gothic Revival in 1928, championed the fashion and started a craze in English housing. Mainly seen in “garden novelty” with Strawberry hill, which was seen as a remodelling of the “gentleman’s residence”.
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–52) acted as the protagonist of the lobby, mainly stating his opinions for the Gothic, plainly, in three aspects: 1.) it was English, 2.) it was Christian, 3.) it was Truthful. All three has no actual direct comment on the architectural aspect of the Gothic, about the idea of form, materiality, space and craft of the work. This brings to light the idea of nationalism, religion and morals of the time. It is important to note that AWN Pugin was an adapted Catholic who supported the transcendent principles of the middle ages.
It is important to consider the other influences, especially in Germany with the wake of the Deutscher Werkbund and the early years of the Bauhaus. You can say that modernism was…
