A visit to the Palladio Library
We visited the Palladio Museum in a suitable palazzo down a charming side street in Vicenza. Only by chance on...
Zoo architecture
Always curious about the unwritten books people ponder, and I like Winder's quirkiness in noticing this obvious gap in the...
Visit to the Leeds Library
By luck, a short visit to Leeds coincided with a monthly guided tour of the Leeds Library, one of...
Key Performance Indicators (V)
This 16th century striking, simple verdict on the inaugural performance in Palladio's Teatro Olimpico could stand as an interesting test...
Pepper-pot turrets
The description of these towers and turrets in the village of Kardamyli, which are a match for the mine's-bigger-than-yours competition...
Argumentative authenticity
You can't help admiring people said to be as authentic as argumentative, including in themselves, and in their art and...
Palladian persuasive powers
Let me remember this the next time I wonder what chance there is of persuading anyone to fund ambitious cultural...
A sunny spot to read
I fell in love with this room when I saw this sunlit painting. The Victorian artist has captured a perfect...
Vaulting clouds
A description of a visit to the Lascaux Caves yields this celestial simile for a soaring natural roof.Â
The...
A beautiful reading room
When visiting Leeds, my original university town, I decided to drop in on a few libraries, including the hulking Victorian...
Convex columns
A clever way to counter the optical illusion of concavity that straight-sided columns have, by making them convex.
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The jewel of learning
An original simile to describe the architecturally solid seat of learning in Dublin, set in and setting off the relative...
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