Winston Churchill's family seat was begun by John Vanbrugh in 1705 and completed almost two decades later by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Much of the bill was footed by the state, in honour of the Duke of ...

Postmodernists were not the first to use architecture as a striking stage design and to toy with its viewer using optical illusions, twisted perspectives and buildings whose forms don’t quite follow ...

'Once Borromini has bitten you he never lets go." So, in 1948, Anthony Blunt, surveyor of the king's pictures, advised Kerry Downes, a budding architectural historian who had recently gone up from ...

The popular concept of a ‘properly-dressed’ church in Malta is typically baroque, with an emphasis on varied adornment in rich materials, sculptural decorations and paintings. Naturally, this is ...

The mosque’s eclectic design blends Ottoman, Baroque, Rococo and other global styles, creating a multicultural environment in ...