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Victorian Architecture Your source for information on Victorian architecture, with facts, photos, resources, and building plans.
Gothic Architecture Websites offering images, terms, and background on the most recognizable medieval architectural style.
Chartres Cathedral Facts and photos for the Chartres Cathedral, one of the most famous cathedrals in France.
Architecture History Time Line - Historic Periods and Styles From Prehistoric to Post-modern, a quick history of architecture in the Western world, from prehistoric megaliths to modernist skyscrapers. Follow the links to find articles and photos for each period and style.
Gothic Architecture - Windows and Gargoyles Since the walls themselves were no longer the primary supports, Gothic buildings could include large areas of glass. Architectural history with illustrations and resources.
Gothic arch: a mysterious new building Luis Bunuel would've loved
SOME BUILDINGS make you wonder. Consider the four-story brick-and-concrete schoolhouse that was completed recently on Pico near Doheny. The building ......(Continue Reading) Creating a Gothic Paradise: Pugin at the Antipodes explores the influence of Puginian ideals on Australian architecture. (Radar Exhibition).
During the final years of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the century that followed, there arose in the Netherlands a highly refined variant ......(Continue Reading)Renaissance Gothic in the Netherlands: The Uses of Ornament
The brilliant legacy of Soane and Wren has rarely found its match in the contemporary projects of the capital. Just as Britain has no constitution, ......(Continue Reading)We need to be braver - London's architecture
Charles Jencks suggests culture is transforming itself from the simple certainties of Modernism to a much more complex interpretation of reality based ......(Continue Reading)The new paradigm in architecture - Theory
Gabriel Voison (1880-1973) gave up architectural studies to fly, and then to build aircraft for the French air force. After the First World War, Voison ......(Continue Reading)
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