Great Synagogue of Europe
Brussels’s principal synagogue, designed by Désiré De Keyser in Romanesque-Byzantine style and completed in 1878, survived the Holocaust and was rededicated in 2008 as a focal point for European Jewry.
St Mary’s Church, Cardiff
A medieval Anglican parish church in Cardiff, Wales, founded in 1107 and abandoned in 1701 after severe flood damage, replaced at a new location in 1843.
Hudson’s Bay Queen Street
A monumental 750,000-square-foot department store on Yonge Street that anchored Toronto’s retail landscape from 1896 until its closure in 2025.
Atkinsons Building, London
A 1926 Gothic Revival perfume house on Old Bond Street, crowned by a carillon of 23 church bells and detailed with Arts and Crafts refinement.
Evangelical Church, Zagreb
A free-standing neo-Gothic Lutheran church in central Zagreb, completed in 1884, reflecting the city’s religious diversity during the Austro-Hungarian period.
St Silas Church, Sheffield
A Victorian church built in 1867 in Sheffield’s Broomhall district, active for 133 years before closure in 2000.
Victoria Memorial, London
A monumental tribute to Queen Victoria at the heart of London, unveiled in 1911. Sir Thomas Brock’s sculpture anchors an ambitious urban redesign that reshaped the royal landscape.
Senate of Canada Building
A 1912 Beaux-Arts railway station now serves as Canada’s temporary Senate chamber, occupying a landmark downtown Ottawa intersection 600 metres from Parliament Hill.
Atlas and adras weaving
Master weavers in Tajikistan hand-craft adras, a luminous silk-cotton blend prized for strength and rich color. This UNESCO-inscribed textile tradition embodies centuries of Central Asian prestige.
St Peter’s Church, Scorton
An active Anglican parish church in Lancashire whose distinctive spire serves as a landmark visible from the M6 motorway. Grade II listed.