Author Archives: jaime

Housing numerous museums and being the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851, South Kensington, in West London, is known for its value as a cultural centre. In 1983, a new building entered this historic centre of culture and added … Continue reading →

The Gilsey House is not a particularly famous building in the Manhattan cityscape. Completed in 1869 as a hotel (the first hotel to offer telephone service to its guests), it is now a residential building somewhat overshadowed by the Empire … Continue reading →

As a previous post has already described, the Catholic church Our Lady of Good Council, in Dennistoun, Glasgow, is a place for quiet, contemplative worship focused more on God and less on the building itself. The space is, for the … Continue reading →