Royal Palace AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
JACOB VAN CAMPEN In a commanding location on Dam Square, Amsterdam’s Royal Palace was originally built as the city’s Town Hall in the mid-17th century. During this period, known …
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Hotel Tassel TOWN HOUSE BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
VICTOR HORTA The end of the 19th century saw the birth of a new design movement that rejected the revival of past styles, such as Gothic, and was characterized …
Houses of Parliament GOVERNMENT BUILDING LONDON, UK
CHARLES BARRY AND AUGUSTUS WELBY NORTHMORE PUGIN Work on Britain’s Houses of Parliament, also known as the Palace of Westminster, began after the previous building had been almost totally …
Monticello PRIVATE HOUSE CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA
THOMAS JEFFERSON In 1769, when Thomas Jefferson, one of our founding fathers, began to design his own house, the style he chose was neoclassicism. This style was, to some …