English Buildings

About time The other day someone asked me if I was on Instagram. I had to admit that I was not. I’d tried Twitter and thought about Ins...

The fourth of my summer reviews is a work of both social and architectural history that throws revealing light on a subject of great impo...

The third of my summer book reviews is a general book on world architecture with a fresh and visual approach. John Zukowsky and Robbie ...

The second of my quartet of summer book reviews is a massive work of reference on an architectural style that, having fallen out of favou...

For the next week or so, English Buildings becomes a book blog, and I'll post a handful of recent books that have caught my eye. Firs...

The eyes have it I wonder if Hook Norton, a large village in North Oxfordshire, can stand as a symbol of what I respond to in England’s...

In praise of museums Over the years I’ve blogged several times about museums, large and small . Although I’ve sometimes thought about ...