How American artist Charles J. Connick’s poetically reimagined Medieval stained glass
A new book shows how Connick harnessed the ancient medium as ‘a potent means of contemporary visual expression’
Taking a close look at classical architecture as a ‘living system’
Edward McParland's recent, wide-ranging book takes an idiosyncratic approach to classicism, examining its complexities and expressive forms
From pews to power stations: a history of interwar British architecture that some feared might not be published
Gavin Stamp’s final book offers a fitting memorial to the architectural historian and Private Eye columnist
Ghosts of America’s ‘Street of Dreams’: a comprehensive book brings the history of New York’s Fifth Avenue to life
Established in the early 1800s, the street was once home to the city’s grandest houses, but many were soon replaced by towering apartment buildings, shops and hotels. A comprehensive book brings this history to life
'The Americans will wring you out like a wet rag': new book follows the life of the British architect who emigrated to the US and co-designed Central Park
Jacob Wrey Mould was the designer behind some of New York's most revered landmarks
Empress Eugénie’s English ‘palace’ is brought to life in new book
A detailed examination of Farnborough Hill house and its remarkable contents
England’s late-Georgian churches—long dismissed as 'mere preaching boxes'—are reappraised in new book
Built for a booming population, their architecture has been unfairly maligned, argues this survey
Book offers overdue estimation of Decimus Burton, an architect of Classical class
The acclaimed 19th-century architect's structures were once described insipidly as having “gentlemanly reticence”
Pew! Sussex church may scrap plans to remove historic seating
Moves by parishes to replace pews with chairs for “flexibility” anger traditionalists
A lifelong dedication to Gothic architecture: Peter Howell on A.W.N. Pugin
The final instalment in the collected letters of a revivalist pioneer
When scholarship married the imagination: Peter Howell on Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
The French architect is the subject of two excellent new books
Book Review: The arch of time
From its invention by the Romans, the monumental arch has been a feature of the built environment ever since