Archaeology · Architecture · London · Monarchies · Observations

Artist Bob Marshall reconstructs 200 years of Windsor Castle's history in three drawings

I adore reconstructions like this! The artist Bob Marshall, drawing on sketches, plans, archaeological evidence and the findings of GPS surveys, has recreated the story of how Windsor Castle grew from a wooden fortress built by William the Conqueror in the eleventh century into the palace that serves today as

Architecture · Moscow · Museums · Society Pages

Exhibition of Mikhail Rozanov's Modernist Architecture Photography Opens at the Shchusev Museum

An exhibition of Mikhail Rozanov's photographs of modernist architecture has opened at the Shchusev Museum. The show by one of the most recognisable architectural photographers brings together images of the most emblematic modernist buildings from around the world. One of the characteristic features of Rozanov's work

Excavated area of the square with a brick vault of an underground tunnel filled with water, in front of building arcades behind a construction fence.

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Two tunnels dating from 1800 found during waterproofing works in Piazza San Marco in Venice

Two underground tunnels dating from 1800 have been discovered in St Mark's Square in Venice during waterproofing works. The tunnels now uncovered are used to drain floodwaters

Light enters through the f-holes of a cello and casts curved patches on the inside of the body, with the sound post at the centre.

Architecture · Art · Observations

Interior of a Cello in a Photograph by Charles Brooks

Inside a cello. Charles Brooks. Hands up, all those who would like a house that looks like this on the inside. Perfection, if you ask me.

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The Appalling "Restoration" of One of the Oldest Dwellings in France

The appalling "restoration" of one of the oldest dwellings in France. During the pandemic, the owners of the world-famous House of Jeanne in the small town of Séverac-le-Château in the south of France carried out repairs. After the house, a contemporary of the Crusades, became

Architecture · Geography · Heritage · Rome

Under Mussolini, Rome's Metro Line B was built a few metres from the Colosseum

In the 1940s the Rome Metro was laid in close proximity to historic monuments. Line B passes a few metres from the Colosseum. Did anyone worry about possible damage to the ancient buildings? Mussolini, at any rate, was untroubled: he proclaimed a policy of the most direct route, that is,

Fantasy Art Nouveau mansion with a huge arched stained-glass window, turrets, a green roof and a red wooden door above stone steps.

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A digital artist imagines how the Ryabushinsky mansion might look in Europe

The Ryabushinsky Mansion, had it lived in Europe. The building is imaginary, created by a digital artist

Architecture · Moscow · Observations

Tribune Tower in Chicago, a neo-Gothic skyscraper of the 1920s, converted into apartments

If only all skyscrapers looked even half as impressive and majestic as the Tribune Tower in Chicago, Illinois. The neo-Gothic tower was built in the 1920s and is the most emblematic building in Chicago. These days the skyscraper has been converted into residential apartments. It must be said that

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The Four Ages of the Parthenon

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Model of the Pergamon Altar, Berlin

Almaty · Architecture · Faith · Heritage

Wooden cathedral of 1907 on a reinforced concrete foundation survived the 1911 earthquake

The Ascension Cathedral in Almaty is considered the tallest wooden Orthodox church in the world, with the main dome rising 39 metres to the top of its cross and the bell tower cross reaching 46 metres. The construction of the cathedral, to a design by the architect Borisoglebsky and the

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