Architecture

A councillor and architects discuss plans for the Moss Heights development in Glasgow, 1953. Proponents of high-rise flats believed that they would provide

The Library Have high-rises ever been the answer to our housing woes?

Mount Stuart, a house built for built for John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute. (Photo by Mount Stuart)

8 of Britain’s best historical houses and gardens

Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire. (Photo by Archimage/Alamy Stock Photo)

Through the Georgian keyhole

Chatsworth House

History explorer: Politics and power in Georgian Britain

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Vaux-le-Vicomte: the inspiration for Louis XIV’s Versailles

Albert Einstein, standing in front of the Einstein Tower in 1926. (Photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The saga of the Einstein Tower

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Royal palaces of the Hundred Years’ War

Aerial view on Westminster Abbey at night. (Photo by Pawel Libera/LightRocket via Getty Images)

7 of England’s best medieval buildings

Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire. (Photo by The Landmark Trust)

10 of Britain’s most amazing landmark buildings

The mahogany wooden interior of the Glasgow School of Art

My history hero: Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928)

Dover Castle, Kent. (Photo by Olaf Protze/LightRocket via Getty Images)

England’s 8 most amazing castles

Photo of Derinkuyu Underground City

Q&A Have people ever lived underground?

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Gothic wonder: 5 spectacular buildings of medieval England

Bodiam Castle. (Getty Images)

The Library How to build a medieval castle

PROJECT.Seaside
ADDRESS. Eastbourne Pier, Sussex
CAPTION. View of pier

Eastbourne pier placed on English Heritage At Risk register