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Some views of the Christian Science Plaza in Boston (1-3). The colonnade and its reflecting pool (1968-72), designed by Araldo Cossutta of I.M. Pei & Associates, owe much to Corbusier's Palace of Assembly (1951-62) in Chandigarh (4).

Hoping to get back for better photos sometime.

A view from the Vienna Secession at MoMA

Hanging lamp (1904) and "Sitzmachine" chair (c.1905) by Joseph Hoffman; poster for Kunstschau Wien (1908) by Berthold Löffler

Designed in 1835, the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is one of the earliest of the garden cemeteries characteristic of East Coast cities. It takes its inspiration from Mt Auburn Cemetery near Boston, and in turn is said to have inspired competitions for both Central Park and Prospect Park in NYC

The High Line today was like a brief but spectacular vision of what a green, car-free city might look like

Looking back to a sunnier day in Boston

A Hancock in the wild

Letter from the president to a Hector McNeil, 1777.

Edinburgh looking fab today. Here's the extension to what's now the National Museum, by Stewart Sim. Textured panels, 'baroque' windows, tapered door. Thought 'fussy' by the Buildings of Scotland, this 'Festival' style was quickly unfashionable (and was often pitted against Brutalism) but I like it.

Recently laid my hands on a beautiful copy of the first French transl of Alberti from Paris, 1553.

While the woodcut illustrations closely resemble those of the 1546 Italian edition, it's interesting that they consistently deviate to exaggerate age.

Hi everyone! I am an architectural historian working on questions around the British Empire and memory, and dabbling in all sorts of other areas. Excited to be here!