Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
Secret Passageways Recorded in Leonardo da Vinci’s Sketches Discovered Beneath a Medieval Castle in Milan
Using ground-penetrating radar and laser scanners, researchers identified subterranean structures just a few feet below the ...
Meet the real László Tóths: 14 mid-century wonders around Philadelphia, and the architects who created them
In 'The Brutalist,' the fictional Tóth pioneered Brutalism in Philadelphia. In real life, it was architects like William ...
A Short History of British Architecture: Simon Jenkins' book 'gallops along'
Now, he has written a short history of British architecture, aimed at the "intelligent layman". As Jenkins takes us through the various styles (Palladianism, the gothic revival, etc.), it sometimes ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN5d
Radar confirms Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches of tunnels beneath 15th-century castle
As per the Politecnico di Milano, the investigation has “revealed the presence of numerous underground passages under the ...
RIBA5d
Architecture exhibitions at RIBA
The Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds exhibition in the RIBA Architecture Gallery will close to the public at 5pm on Friday 20 December, and reopen at 10am on Monday 6 January. 4 December ...
Architectural Digest2d
49 Famous Buildings Around the World You Need to See Before You Die
The first building to include a fully pendentive dome, Hagia Sophia is a paragon of Byzantine architecture ... aware of Bran Castle’s existence, the medieval fortress is commonly referred ...