Talk:The De La Warr Pavilion

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[edit] Art Deco or Modernist

Here's an idea - cite sources for both statements, and include both. Architectural style is in the eye of the beholder! Plrk (talk) 13:36, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Here's some sources for my argument: The building's own page: http://www.dlwp.com/building/ which states: the De La Warr Pavilion was the UK‘s first public building built in the Modernist style and http://www.open2.net/modernity/ a page on the history of Modernism in Britain which even uses an image of the Pavilion as its logo. It definitely had an influence on art deco, but that's not the same thing as being it. The total lack of decoration, and Erich Mendelsohn's status as a classic continental Modernist would support it being pretty definitively Modernist. Mind you, I've got no problem with 'international style' as a compromise. I know this might seem petty, but it's fairly important as the first example of a real public acceptance of rigorous European Modernism in Britain, as opposed to the more compromised style of Art Deco, which had been appearing since the mid-20s.Owenhatherley (talk) 16:12, 16 May 2008 (UTC)