The Spanish Culture of Charles I's Court Heir to the throne Charles I made a secret trip to win the hand of a princess. For eight months he was the guest of the Spanish king in Madrid.
How the Middle Ages were Built: Exuberance to Crisis, 1300-1408 England's economic success peaked in 1300 amidst a riot of...
A New Jerusalem: Reaching for Heaven, 1130-1300 During the thirteenth century Jerusalem surplanted Rome as the inspiration...
Playing Catch-up: Palaces from the Hundred Years' War to the Wars of the Roses What was the difference between the fortress of a great...
Architecture of Enslavement, Colonialism and Independence: The Story of James Fort in Accra Accra’s James Fort is an iconic monument for Ghana and...
The Last Stuarts and the Death of the Royal Powerhouse In his short reign James II built a surprising amount...
Inigo Jones and the Architecture of Necessity Inigo Jones is the architect best-known for the Banqueting House on Whitehall, one of the icons of British state architecture.
Music and Architecture: Confronting the Boundaries between Space and Sound The architect/mathematician turned composer, Iannis Xenakis, was Gresham Professor of...
Saving the Twentieth Century How far can experimental buildings of the 1960s and '70s be altered for new uses? Should there be new rules for a new era of conservation?
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