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Opening of Stirling Castle’s Renaissance royal palace after a £12 million refurbishment. Historic Scotland project to return the royal apartments in the palace to how they may have looked in the 1540s.
Keith Griffiths was brought up in St David’s between 1960 and 72. He left the U.K in 1982 and set up his own architectural practice in Hong Kong in 1985. He acquired the castle in 2008 following long negotiations with the previous owners.
Designed by regimental engineer Franz von Scholl, it consists of three autonomous sections: the upper, middle and lower fortress levels. It has clear and simple classicist lines; it is functional and impregnable.
Castle Tioram may lose its Scheduled Monument status if it is used as a residence and, although it would remain listed, this would mean that there would be less control over future alterations.
Castle Tioram, one of Scotland’s most romantic castles. Like Castle Stalker and Eilean Donan it is located on the shoreline but unlike the other two it can be accessed at low tide. This underlines the poetry of the Castle and its environment.
The Project for the Musealization of the Archaeological Site of Praça Nova of São Jorge Castle, in Lisbon, realized by the architect João Luís Carrilho da Graça, was recently distinguished with Piranesi Prix de Rome 2010 International Prize
This is a ruined structure on a rocky peninsula at the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Frederiksborg Slot Denmark – a Danish castle located in Hillerod, north of Copenhagen. The castle’s first part was built in 1560 by King Frederik ll
Rings have played an important role as a symbol for matrimony since antiquity. Rings are also the guiding theme with regards to the redesign of Puchenau’s wedding rooms.
The portrait pavilion in the ballroom of the ancient Duivenvoorde Castle is the centrepiece of the celebration of the museums 50th anniversary. CoOB, a collaboration between architecture firms Office Jarrik Ouburg and Paulien Bremmer Architects, designed the pavilion commissioned by office for cultural innovation Non-Fiction.
This historic structure is a ruined 15th-century castle on the shore of Loch Fyne, within the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was the stronghold of Clan MacLachlan until 1746 when it was attacked by British Government forces.
This is a Danish royal castle in the town of Kolding on the south central part of the Jutland peninsula. The castle was founded in the 13th century and was expanded since with many functions ranging from fortress, royal residency, ruin, museum, and the location of numerous wartime negotiations.
Eilean Donnan Castle, Scotland, one of the most famous and photographed of Scottish castle buildings. Alongside Edinburgh, Stirling and Urquhart Castles it is the one most likely to appear on postcards and calendars.
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as Castel Sant’Angelo (English: Castle of the Holy Angel), is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy.
Olavinlinna Castle Canopy, Finland architecture design by Ark-House Architects – images and information about this historic Finnish building renewal by Arkkitehdit NRT
Kronborg is situated near the town of Helsingør on the extreme northeastern tip of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Oresund, the sound between Denmark and Sweden
Egeskov Castle – Historic Fyn Architecture: Egeskov Slot is located near Kværndrup, in the south of the island of Funen, Denmark. The castle is Europe’s best preserved Renaissance water castle
The project’s brief requested the conservation and valorization of Castelo Novo’s Castle and surroundings. Moreover, it suggested also the creation of a space where people and visitors could enjoy it as a place of permanence.
