Spiritual healing

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It is planned to remodel the interior of one of Nicholas Hawksmoor's churches in London, England. St-George-in-the-East was consecrated in 1729. Hawksmoor saw his churches as interpretations of Roman public architecture but his basilicas were too large for their congregations. St George's had to be rebuilt after damage in World War II, although the Hawksmoor exterior was retained. Stanton Williams has now designed a new interior to include two performance spaces in a collaboration between the church and the Guildhall Ensemble of postgraduate music and drama students.

United Kingdom, London, England, Religious buildings, Church architecture

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Reid draws on vernacular for National Trust shop

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Architect, Richard Reid was commissioned by the National Trust to design a new shop for its property at Chartwell, Kent, England. Reid faced the challenge of staisfying the Trust's strict scrutiny and the restrictions of an historic location. The resulting building draws inspiration from the surrounding farm buildings while being obviously a new design. Reid used a combination of traditional and modern materials in the shop which resembles a barn with features remeniscant of oast houses as well as contemporary elements.

Buildings and facilities, Architecture, Works, Historic sites, Specialty stores, Kent, England, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Reid, Richard

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Gothic revivalist: In his Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras, London, George Gilbert Scott fused eclectic historical sources with modern technology to spectacular effect

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George Gilbert Scott's Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station in London is a controversial, revived Gothic building. Certain aspects of its construction are modern, with a complex plan whereby functions such as heating and ventilation were integrated with ornament. The building's history is discussed, and its state today gives further information about the way it was first used.

Hotels and motels

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