In the mid-1880s The Builder, an influential British architectural journal, published an article characterizing Renaissance architecture as a corrupt bastardiza

Edward J. Gillin explores the extraordinary role of scientific knowledge in the building of the Houses of Parliament in Victorian Britain.

Bringing together fourteen original essays, this collection opens up new perspectives on the architectural history of the nineteenth century by examining the bu

These essays examine the dynamic interplay between evolution and Victorian culture, mapping new relationships between the arts and sciences.

In the mid-1880s, an influential British architectural journal published an article characterizing Renaissance architecture as a corruption of classical archite