It's a pity there isn't yet an article on rundbogenstil (see http://www.nyc-architecture.com/STYLES/STY-Rundbogenstil.htm) and there's precious little on Romanesque Revival architecture.
Clarks Wood Company warehouse, St Vincent's Works, the Wool Hall, and Arnolfini are all related to BB in that they are round-arched, but I've never thought of them as Byzantine. Are there any references for calling them BB? William Avery 20:03, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
:For Arnolfini see [http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/default.asp?document=3.C.1 Bush House] for how it started many of the features later known as BB. The city council label it BB at [http://buy.bristol-city.gov.uk/Bristol_City_Council_Photo_Library/products/The_Wool_Hall.htm The Wool Hall] - but feel free to remove or amend as you see fit - perhaps we should add the general hospital?— Rod talk 20:43, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
:: I see now. That 'Wool Hall' on the council website is a building in King Street, about 300m from the one in St Thomas Street. See http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=379877 which calls it a former cork warehouse in Venetian Gothic Revival style. There's no reason of course why buildings should lend themselves to easy classification! William Avery 07:04, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Nothing is 'Bristol Byzantine'. If the attribution to Summerson is correct....and I've never seen a book-and-page citation... it's just a mildly perjorative portmanteau term for a variety of buildings in styles thet he was not particularly sympathetic towards and could not be bothered to understand.. It's clear that the term is a nonsense for a variety of reasons: it's grouping of buildings with virtually nothing in common (such as the Granary and the Carriage works) built over a long period of time and it certainly doesnot refer to any self-conscious tendency or style. Many of the architects named designed buildings in a variety of other styles. Its pretty nonsensical to refer to anything as being 'influenced by Byzantine architecture' given that the Byzantine empire lasted for around twelve hundred years. Round arches a nd a tendency to use a variety of building materials is not enough.
Th proper terms are Venetian Gothic, or industrial vernacular. The Arnolfini is a clear example of indusrial vernacular.TheLongTone (talk) 07:37, 27 June 2011 (UTC)