ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Black-and-white Revival architecture

You know how some old buildings are black and white like a zebra? That's called black-and-white revival architecture. It's a fancy way of saying that people built new buildings that look like the old black and white ones from a long time ago.

These buildings have lots of black and white patterns on them, kind of like a checkerboard or stripes. The black parts are usually made of wood and the white parts are made of plaster, which is like a special kind of wall material.

People in England were the first to build black-and-white buildings a long time ago. They used them for lots of things. Some buildings were used for shops, other for homes, and some were even used for castles!

Nowadays, some people still like the way these old buildings look, so they build new ones that look the same. Some new buildings are just for fun, like a movie set, but others are still used for real things, like a hotel or a restaurant.

So, black-and-white revival architecture is just a fancy way of saying people like to build new buildings that look like the old black and white ones. That's it!