architecture

A thread for buildings, old or new, that make you go "Wow!" So for starters: Tickets for the Shard sell despite steep prices [Video: Project architect William Matthews shows the BBC's Sonja Jessup round the viewing platform] High entry prices have not deterred tourists wanting to see...

Last weekend I visited my folks. While we were there we went to Poundbury. Poundbury is essentially a housing estate, but rather than being rows of Barrett homes all the houses are different. They follow a number of design styles right though the ages. What they have tried to do is to create a...

last night there was a prog on telly about Richard Hook servayor of London after the great fire comtempory to Newton etc.. I was too dog tired to take it all in but... the monument of the Great Fire was built to his specifications and to be also a huge pipe/teliscope from which he made sure he...

Not sure where to post this but .. I have recently heard of the Yorkshire stonehenge and wondered if there are other, similar, 'follies' (if that's what it is) in the North of England Any info, anyone? The link above is dead, and the website is defunct. Here's the sole surviving photo and the...