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Contributions: 675 articles · 15,185 heritage places · 214 events · 50 itineraries · 1 road-book · 15,757 photographs

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De Krijtberg — view

De Krijtberg

A Roman Catholic church on Amsterdam’s Singel canal, designed by Alfred Tepe in 1883 with an exuberant interior by Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg.

Lacock Abbey — view

Lacock Abbey

A converted 13th-century Augustinian nunnery and country house where Henry Fox Talbot made pioneering photographic negatives in 1835.

Centre Block — view

Centre Block

Centre Block, the main building of Canadian Parliament on Parliament Hill, houses the House of Commons and Senate. This Gothic Revival structure, rebuilt after an 1916 fire, is one of Canada’s most iconic buildings.

Tower Bridge — view

Tower Bridge

A Victorian bascule bridge spanning the Thames near the Tower of London, completed in 1894 and engineered by John Wolfe Barry to serve London’s rapidly expanding eastern districts.

Dunelm House — view

Dunelm House

A brutalist landmark from 1966 at Durham University, Dunelm House is recognized as the foremost students’ union building of the post-war era in England.

CBR Building — view

CBR Building

A functionalist office building in Brussels celebrating white concrete as expressive material, the CBR Building (1967–70) stands as a New Brutalist landmark now protected as heritage.

Berwald Hall — view

Berwald Hall

A hexagonal modernist concert hall in Stockholm’s Östermalm district, completed in 1976 and awarded for its sensitive architectural design.

Ihme-Zentrum — view

Ihme-Zentrum

A mixed-use residential and commercial complex in Hanover situated on the western bank of the Ihme river between the Linden and Calenberger Neustadt quarters.

Purcell Room — view

Purcell Room

An intimate 370-seat concert venue at the Southbank Centre, the Purcell Room champions chamber music, jazz and experimental performance in a Brutalist interior designed in the 1960s.

Centre Point — view

Centre Point

A 34-storey modernist tower completed in 1966, Centre Point is among London’s first skyscrapers. Its cylindrical form dominates the junction of New Oxford Street and St Giles High Street, close to Tottenham Court Road station.

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