Architecture

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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Twilight of the Goths

A mid-Victorian competition to design new Government Offices in Whitehall fell victim to a battle between the competing styles of Gothic and Classical. The result proved unworthy of a nation then at its imperial zenith, as Bernard Porter explains.

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Emperor of Paris Baron Haussmann 1809 -1891

Joanna Richardson relates how, as Préfet de la Seine from 1853 until 1870, Haussmann superintended the rebuilding and enlargement of Paris.

Published in History Today, Volume: 25 Issue: 12, 1975

British Towns and Cities: Lewes

Garth Christian appraised the “ancient character” of Lewes, taking in its Puritanical influence, its legacy of ironworks and its architectural highlights.

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 11

British Towns and Cities: Swindon

J.D. Hargreaves appraised Swindon, “a city very much itself”, with a view of its idiosyncrasies, architecture and people.

Published in History Today, Volume: 2 Issue: 5, 1952

Pevsner Guides: An Enduring Enterprise

Pevsner Architectural Guides still bear the mark of their founder, despite ample revision. Jonathan Meades plots their glorious evolution.

Published in History Today, Volume: 63 Issue: 3, 2013

Chartres: Monument and Legend

No monument of Christian architecture is more celebrated than the Cathedral of Chartres. Peter Quennell here traces both the origins of the great church and the effect it has exercised on succeeding generations.

Published in History Today, Volume: 2 Issue: 12, 1952

London, 1900-1951

D.W. Brogan

Published in History Today, Volume: 2 Issue: 7, 1952

The Vanished Churches of the City of London

Gerald Cobb explores secrets of the capital's ecclesiastical architecture.

Published in History Today, Volume: 2 Issue: 3, 1952

Blenheim, An English Palace

Laurence Whistler charts the history of the magnificent seat of the Churchills.

Published in History Today, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 1952

British Towns and Cities: Chipping Campden

D.H. Pennington introduces the picturesque Cotswold town.

Published in History Today, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 1952

Towns and Cities: Dublin

Maurice Craig visits the Irish capital.

Published in History Today, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 1952

Versailles: The Making of a Palace

Charles Mauricheau-Beaupré surveys the broad sweep of history occupants of the Palace of Versailles have witnessed, and makes a case for its rehabilitation.

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 12