Disappearing Vernacular African Architecture
The desire to modernize has created a situation in which traditional customs and practices are being abandoned. This is true even in the most remote of villages.
Historic buildings design
Historic buildings design and architects
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Historic Scottish Houses: Buildings Scotland
Historic Scottish houses – country houses in Scotland, stately homes – historic Scottish buildings, residential architecture in Scotland
Gesu Rome, Roman Church Building
The Church of the Gesù (Italian: Chiesa del Gesù) is the mother church of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Catholic religious order.
Oxo Tower London Building: Restaurant, Bar
Oxo Tower, London, historic River Thames building – design by Lifschutz Davidson Architects – London Oxo Tower, architecture: restaurant, bar + brasserie
Roman Architecture – Historic Rome Buildings, Italy
Roman architecture, Italy – find information on Roman buildings & architects, photos – historic Rome buildings, ancient Italian architecture designs.
Rainham Hall Havering: Queen Anne House
Julian Harrap Architects LLP has been granted planning and listed building consent (by the London Borough of Havering) for the restoration of Rainham Hall in Havering, Essex, UK
Via Chiesa 5 – Montesardo Building, Puglia
The original structure of the building, dated around the first half of sixteenth century, has been completely respected. The meaning of the project was to valorize the existing spaces, making them more functional to the modern living use.
Listed Buildings in England: British Architecture
Listed Buildings in UK, British Architecture, Architects, DCMS News Listed Buildings in England – British Architecture Buildings in Great Britain – DCMS Updates 20 Sep 2013 Listed Buildings in UK UK Listed Architecture News Four constructions built between the 1950s and 1980s have been given Grade II or II* status on Friday by the government, … Read more
Revitalisation of the Crucifix Bastion Prague
Revitalisation of the Crucifix Bastion, Prague building, Czech Republic design by MCA atelier architekti – Crucifix Bastion Prague landscape
Admiralty Arch – The Mall London Building
Admiralty Arch, Luxury Hotel, The Mall London Building, Photo, News, Design, Property Admiralty Arch London : Architecture Building on The Mall, England, UK – renewal by Blair Associates Architecture 21 Aug 2013 Admiralty Arch Hotel London London-based Blair Associates Architecture has won planning to convert Aston Webb’s 1912 Admiralty Arch into a luxury hotel. Address: … Read more
Blackwell, the Arts and Crafts House, Cumbria
Blackwell The Arts and Crafts House, Windermere, Lake District, Cumbria, UK – design by Baillie Scott – Blackwell Windermere, Arts and Crafts House Cumbria
Oscar Wilde House, Tite Street – London Property
Oscar Wilde House, Tite Street Property, Chelsea Residential Development, English Architecture Oscar Wilde House, London Tite Street Residential Development, Chelsea – design by London Atelier 31 Jul 2013 Tite Street Flat Design: London Atelier Location: 34 Tite Street, London SW3 photos from architect Historic London Residential Building This Grade II listed flat has gone through … Read more
Preservation of Oasis Sites Morocco
Preservation of Sacred and Collective Oasis Sites. For the last decade Salima Naji, trained as an architect and anthropologist, has worked to save the heritage of several oasis towns in the anti-Atlas mountains of Morocco.
Birzeit Historic Centre Palestine Building
This five-year project, part of a rehabilitation master plan initiated by Riwaq, has transformed the decaying town of Birzeit, created employment through conservation and revived vanishing traditional crafts in the process.
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Architecture Origins
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio architect origin article by Ian K Whittaker, architect, Jan 2013 – Vitruvius architect, architectural origins, architecture article
Sir John Soane’s Museum Building London
Phase II of the Sir John Soane’s Museum £7 million restoration project, Opening Up the Soane, (OUTS) will get off to a flying start this June – with the knowledge that Phase I of the project has won the 2013 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors London Award for Best Conservation Project.
Hansen Compound Jerusalem, Talbiyeh Building
The Hansen Compound, a sensitive refurbishment and redevelopment project in an affluent area of Jerusalem. An old leper colony run by German nuns had closed in the year 2000 and there was a proposal to convert the old stone building into a hotel.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is also called the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre or the Church of the Resurrection by Eastern Christians. The building is a church within the Christian Quarter of the walled Old City of Jerusalem.
