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Dreweatts will sell the contents of Cairness House in Buchan, Aberdeenshire in an auction next month. One of the most historically important houses in the region and more specifically, the history of Neoclassicism in Scotland. The house was designed and constructed between 1791 and 1797, by esteemed Scottish architect James Playfair (1755-1794), who was championed

Rakesh Ramchurn reports from an exhibition on the Georgians’ use of spectacular light shows to celebrate the age

The French architect duo, winners of the 2023 Soane medal, whose work has ranged from straw huts to social housing, talk about the freedom of working with what’s already there – and how to step back from perfection

Strictly speaking, the term genocide was not formulated until 1939, being legally defined as a crime in 1948. However, as a concept (deliberate and systematic extermination of a human group), it is possible to recognize it in some historical episodes, some on a large scale and others on a smaller sc

Ealing Broadway shopping centre was filled with crowds when they realised a famous visitor was perusing food and craft stalls.

Discover Lacaton & Vassal: Reshaping Architecture with Resourceful Design Approach - Soane Medal Recipient

It is the suitably low desk on which the 5ft 2in Victorian architect Augustus Welby Pugin designed the Palace of Westminster.

John Carr (“of York”, as he called himself and is still called) was born in 1723, 300 years ago, and as an architect left spectacular buildings such as the Crescent built in the 1780s in the spa town of Buxton. Its curve was deliberately made as enjoyable from the rear as at the front. Behind it are the vast colonnaded stables, built for 110 horses, and later covered by a huge dome.

The practice, founded in Paris by Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal in 1987, becomes the sixth recipient of the award, bestowed annually by Sir John

Our review roundup of the shows you should see in the capital right now.