The Story of the Country House | The Competition
Writers in the 19th century described country houses as their own ‘little kingdoms’: self-contained units with their own…
Architectural history
Illustrating The Story of the Country House: Q&A with Bethan Scorey
Country houses in the UK date back as far as the medieval period, when England had a population…
Exploring Wiltshire with Pevsner: The Estate Villages of Joseph Neeld
The estate villages of Joseph Neeld are a remarkably complete set in the picturesque styles of the earlier…
Location, Location, Location: Introducing the New Pevsner Guide to County Durham
When it comes to the desirability of a house, property experts and novices alike have no doubt heard…
A 16th-century Portuguese Plan of the Badi’ Palace
Writing a book is hard, but finding centuries-old primary sources of Moroccan royal households can be even harder….
Fake Heritage for the Fake News Era
Heritage is a physical manifestation of days gone by – the remains of humankind’s past; from our buildings,…
Nottinghamshire Villages: Small Places, Far Horizons
The latest volume from the much-loved Buildings of England series to be revised and refreshed is Nottinghamshire—an oft-overlooked…
Architecture of the Islamic West: Innovative, Impressive and … Overlooked?
Some of the most outstanding examples of world architecture, such as the Mosque of Córdoba, the ceiling of…
Celebrating the life & work of architectural historian James S. Ackerman
On the last day of 2016 the world lost one of its foremost architectural historians when James S….
A Brief History of Pevsner’s Buildings of Scotland series
‘It’ll be a sort of Scottish Pevsner, then?’ This was the reaction of an unnamed station master at…
The People’s Galleries: South Kensington Museum – The V&A
Giles Waterfield’s The People’s Galleries is a wide-ranging examination of the phenomenon of the art museum in Britain, from its early…
In the Steps of the Medici: A Walk Through Renaissance Florence
Put on some comfortable shoes (or just imagine putting them on!) and join us in our Italian holiday…