A Brief History of Reinforced Concrete Buildings
Reinforcing concrete made highly complex large-scale structures possible.
Reinforcing concrete made highly complex large-scale structures possible.
From a small village to a popular seaside resort, Weston has a distinct architecture and seaside history.
The modern laboratory emerged in the 1680s when the University of Oxford built the first Ashmolean Museum.
Traditional buildings, known as vernacular, originally made up the vast majority of the structures that ordinary people lived and worked in.
There are around 190 Buddhist buildings in England, ranging from adapted historic buildings to purpose-built temples and pagodas.
After thousands of homes in Britain were destroyed during the Second World War, temporary houses known as ‘prefabs’ were built.
Alexander Graham Bell developed the world’s first working telephone, receiving a patent on the 7 March 1876.
From cathedrals to gardens, discover five places connected to Ukrainians in England.
A gurdwara is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs, meaning ‘the residence of the Guru’.
Women have always influenced domestic design but it wasn’t until 1898 that the first female architect was admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects.