Architecture
Don’t expect England’s great cathedrals to look after themselves
The ancient cathedrals of England need financial help to stave off ruin
The museum building that expresses the tragedy of Cologne
Peter Zumthor’s Kolumba is a poignant monument for a city devastated by wartime bombing
How the Versailles of Yorkshire has been saved
The future of Wentworth Woodhouse, a preposterous yet beautiful country house near Sheffield, has been secured after decades of uncertainty
Glasgow must not forget its greatest architect
In his bicentenary year, the Scottish architect Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson should be getting more attention
‘Hull can boast buildings of national significance’
The UK’s City of Culture is home to a selection of great public buildings – from a late gothic masterpiece, to a state of the art ‘subquarium’
‘A Baroque tamed to suit a northern taste’
The chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte is rare among historic houses in France – for both the quality of its conservation and as a privately run property
‘It seems extraordinary that this great artist is so little known’
Gertrude Stein hailed him as the ‘new Michelangelo’ and he was consulted by statemen about Balkan politics, but Meštrović’s name has fallen into obscurity
How life goes on in a ruined Roman palace
The ruins of Diocletian’s Palace in Split are still inhabited – and they don’t look that different from how they did to Robert Adam in the 1750s
Westminster Cathedral’s ceilings like the sky
The influence of glittering Byzantine churches can be found in the impressive mosaics of Westminster Cathedral – including a new work by Tom Phillips
‘Post-Fire London was a magnificent, beautiful compromise’
London was rebuilt according to its inhabitants’ needs after the Great Fire of 1666 – and is so much the better for it.
What is driving the soaring demand for art storage?