In this period, between 1860 and 1880, are the first manifestations of eclecticism in the city in the middle of a major expansion and urban growth.

The eclecticism seeks to break this rigid academic schedule, allowing creativity and freedom of composition. Allow reuse of all styles, separately or in combination. So there will be different based influences: classical, medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, etc.. They prefer the Gothic or Romanesque to the religious buildings and classicism to official buildings or banking.

In this period, between 1880-1910, the rich bourgeoisie Vigo is suing eclectic language sumptuous buildings, which will be known by the name of its owner, even many of them carrying the owner's initials inscribed on granite crowning elements of the facades as a symbol of prestige.

Eclecticism showing Sesmero Alexander and Domingo Rodriguez, is becoming more complex and elaborate work of these technicians, greatly increasing the variety of ornamental components and interpretive freedom.

During the mid-nineteenth century primeira, neoclassicism do with the solution, the romantic sentimento favorable in Europe, mainly in France, England and Germany, the presence of a historicist thinking that leads to the emergence of a neo-medieval architecture in the Gothic plays prototypical style paper.

In Vigo find examples of historicist architecture neomedieval so late during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Modernist architecture emerged in Europe in the last decade of the nineteenth century, diluted to top da Primeira World War. In Vigo coexists with the eclectic modernist style between 1890 and 1920.

Modernism decoraticas presents new solutions, finding in nature their main source of inspiration. The facades of the buildings are filled with sinuous and undulating fauna.Predominan components flora and plant forms and flowers against human or animal forms.

In this period, 1910 to 1930, Europe is moving towards a new architecture: the Modern Movement. In Spain the situation is different and favors the presence of classical scholarship renewed. At the end of this period the academic architecture coexist with the first incursions rationalists.

From the 20s a new eclecticism appears sober and with a renewed academic classicism and prone to monumentality. Next in classic vertical symmetries and allowing for greater heights.

The regional architecture comes at a time (1920-1940) in reaffirming the Galician feel. This architecture proposes a search for identity by a return to tradition in times where modern movements make their entry through rationalist architecture.

The regional architecture is felt, especially in residential housing. It tries to recover the architecture with own address as opposed to new flows coming from abroad.

In the early twentieth century initiated worldwide cultural movements that will result in a fundamental alteration in the art of building. The great changes that occur in social development, the urban population growth, new techniques and materials, the crystallization of the postulates hygienists. modify the design, aesthetics and function of architecture. The reinforced concrete, the Otis safety elevator, the use of iron and glass, get that "technically feasible" range limits.

The postwar period is a cultural change and economic architecture that responds to a paralysis of the modernization process. In the 40s it reuses the academic and historicism, and in all 50 starts a recovery towards more modern styles.

Rationalism is rejected because it was considered a symbol of modernity of the Second Republic and some architects have to go into exile for political reasons.

Since the late 50s and early 60s join the staff of architects Vigo a new batch of young architects who retake the modern movement begun in the 30s with rationalism but off in the post-war period.

In Vigo new architects leave their mark as Jose Bar Boo, Fine Perez, Perez-Lorente, Yanez, Araujo. Introduce a fresh air in Vigo with new forms and combining nontraditional materials, making rational use of stone as used in previous decades.