After a decade of renovations, the Derbyshire palace is looking pretty dapper. Focusing on seven scenes in its history, this volume is a handsome portrait of the house and its collections.
The product of many years' research, this is an amazing book that reconstructs the eleven 'Strand Palaces' which both gave rise to the distinctly English style that emerged in country houses... read more
Built in 1420-1436, the dome was not painted by Vasari and Zuccari until 1572-1579. This book, with text in English & Italian, presents in detail the entire pictorial cycle.
A global architectural history of the synagogue, from Frank Lloyd Wright's exquisite Beth Sholom Synagogue in Philadelphia to Dresden's movingly austere Neue Synagogue. Beautifully photograp... read more
A monograph on one of the most extraordinary French châteaux. Built in the C17th, Vaux-le-Vicomte was designed by Louis Le Vau in collaboration with the painter Charles Le Brun and the land... read more
Looks at forty of this extraordinary architect's works around the world, from the Bilbao Guggenheim to the recent Luma Arles tower, showing how he has expanded our ideas of what a building c... read more
Celebrated particularly for its classical statues (qv the excellent recent The Torlonia Marbles), this Roman villa was the C18th creation of Cardinal Albani. It was preserved with its collec... read more