Robert and James Adam dominated British architecture for the second half of the 18th century. The key period in the development of the Adam style was their time

During the second half of the eighteenth century British architecture moved away from the dominant school of classicism in favour of a more creative freedom of

"In 'The Ruins Lesson,' the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet-critic Susan Stewart explores the West's fascination with ruins in literature, visua

The Architecture of Ruins: Designs on the Past, Present and Future identifies an alternative and significant history of architecture from the sixteenth century