Castle Drogo sits atop its perch in Dartmoor, Devon, one of the National Trust’s most striking articles. In the first of two articles on Castle …
Castle Drogo: How Sir Edwin Lutyens created a place of exceptional refinement and beauty
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Campion Hall, Oxford: How Sir Edwin Lutyens cut his fees to secure the job — and ended up creating ‘his best building’
The task of creating a Jesuit hall in Oxford in the 1930s was eagerly assumed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. In the first of two articles …
An utterly charming old rectory in the village where Sir Christopher Wren grew up
The greatest British architect, Sir Christopher Wren, was the son of a rector in East Noyle, where he was born and raised. And while that …
How Sir Giles Gilbert Scott left an indelible mark on London — and how that infuriated his critics
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s designs have shaped London as we know it, but despite his famous “deadpan calm”, not all of his creations have been …
Sir Christopher Wren: The life and times of a legendary architect, from ‘miracle of a youth’ to national treasure
Personable, yet naturally reserved, ‘that miracle of a youth, Mr Christopher Wren’ not only designed many of our most notable monuments, but also an artificial …
Fawley Hill: Inside the wacky and wonderful home of the late Sir William McAlpine
A dining room with a tented ceiling, a swimming pool entered via a psychedelic door and a train set running around the breakfast table? In …