After Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne in February 1952, the popular composer Ronald Binge changed the name of a light and graceful piece he had originally titled “The Man in the Street” to ...
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Last August, five architecture offices were shortlisted to redesign sections of London’s British Museum: 6a architects, David Chipperfield Architects, Eric Parry Architects and Jamie Fobert Architects ...
A building once celebrated for its innovation is deemed obsolete. Those trying to save it ask what its demolition means for British architecture. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from London A prizewinning ...
On Interwar: British Architecture 1919–39, by Gavin Stamp. At Cambridge, Stamp came under the tutelage of David Watkin, who influenced Stamp’s skepticism of modernist architecture and, according to ...
"Simon Jenkins on architecture is typically a treat," said Laura Freeman in The Times. Over the past 25 years, the newspaper columnist has produced a series of bestselling books – "England's Thousand ...