William Aslet is a researcher in architectural history at Worcester College, Oxford.
Designed in the 18th century by Luigi Vanvitelli for Charles VII of Naples, Italy’s answer to Versailles is as dizzying today as it was 250 years ago
Photography largely wiped out the trend for miniatures, but the genre still says much about how we relate to images today
The Church of St James the Less was the first building designed by the great Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street. A much-needed restoration is allowing its Italianate interior to shine again
An exhibition at the Soane Museum shows that technical drawings of buildings are often more complex than they may seem
The Reformation was a disaster for British architecture, argues an impressive new book – and the country’s approach to building design has never been the same
William Burges’s transformation of the chapel of Worcester College in Oxford doubles as an all-out assault on the senses and a scathing critique of the previous architect
With all eyes on the coronation, it’s worth remembering that the scene of the ceremony remains a work in progress
Pedestrianisation means that one of London's finest churches is now the centre of attention again
Other European dynasties of the period had equally thriving court cultures, but none has had such a hold on the popular imagination
The Strand is now one of the capital’s busiest thoroughfares, but it was once home to a string of magnificent mansions
