ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Neo-eclectic architecture

Okay, so imagine you're building a sandcastle at the beach. You could make it all one color, like all blue or all yellow, or you could use lots of different colors and make it really cool and interesting.

Well, when people design buildings, sometimes they do the same thing. They could just use one style, like all modern or all traditional, but sometimes they use lots of different styles and make it really interesting. That's what neo-eclectic architecture is all about.

"Neo" means new, and "eclectic" means using lots of different styles. So neo-eclectic architecture is just when people design buildings using lots of different styles all mixed together.

It's like if you took a little bit of a modern style and mixed it with a little bit of a traditional style and added some fancy details from a different style. All those things together make a really cool building that looks unique and different from anything else.

People like neo-eclectic architecture because it's fun and interesting to look at. Each building is like a puzzle made up of different pieces from different styles. It can also make a neighborhood look more diverse and unique because there isn't just one style of building everywhere.