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What is a castle - Architecture Glossary Definition of the term CASTLE with a short history and extensive directory of Net links
English Architecture Links highlighting architectural development in England.
Japanese Architecture and Gardens Japanese architecture works in harmony with its surroundings and the garden. This page provides links to the most interesting and informative sites on Japanese architecture and gardens. Includes sites on Japanese villas, tea houses, palaces, and cast
Japanese Architecture and Gardens Japanese architecture works in harmony with its surroundings and the garden. This page provides links to the most interesting and informative sites on Japanese architecture and gardens.
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A little brutalist castle: Peter Tonkin and Ellen Woolley's tough yet refined house for themselves opens up debate about the relationship between art and
Throughout the Thatcherite Eighties and Majorite Nineties, they were the buildings we all loved to hate. But over the past few years, something quite ......(Continue Reading) A bit of rough: William Cook explains why brutalism, that most provocative assault on suburban sentiment, is now cherished again - Architecture Week/2
In 1945, in accordance with the wishes of the late 4th Marquess of Ailsa, Culzean Castle in Ayrshire (Fig. 1) ceased to be the 'marine residence' of ......(Continue Reading)Reinventing Culzean: between 1973 and 1983 the National Trust for Scotland made great changes to the interiors of Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, in order to
When Rodgers and Hart coined the musical phrase "Hate California, it's cold and it's damp"--lyrics Frank Sinatra made famous--the result was one of the most effective jobs of reverse public relatio...(Continue Reading)Coastal California: marvel at jagged cliffs, crashing surf, charming towns, even a storybook castle on a dream drive skirting the blue Pacific - Tour Of
Raymond Erith--some of whose exquisite drawings are currently on display in a centenary exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum--has long been the most ......(Continue Reading)The curse of Palladio: as the Raymond Erith exhibition at the Soane Museum makes clear, the interesting question is not 'classical or modern?' but 'good
Imagine a tiny Japanese island where you can encounter works by Walter De Maria, Bruce Nauman, Jean-Michel Basquiat and James Turrell--just for starters--at ......(Continue Reading)
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