Melbourne’s beautiful history… behind doors
It’s empty when I go inside. But here at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Australia’s history is on glorious display!
architecture
A concrete jungle
The French city of Le Havre has been completely rebuilt out of concrete since the Second World War. It creates a strange effect – but a beautiful one you have to see for yourself.
Waking up under a thatched roof
Cut off from the rest of Japan by large mountains, the residents of Shirakawa-go developed a unique way to build their village and survive the winters.
The Galle of the Europeans
No history of Sri Lanka is complete without looking at the influence of the Europeans. The walls of the Old Town of Galle represent it so perfectly.
Germany’s Bauhaus movement
The Bauhaus style has influenced architecture and design for almost a century… but it was in these German cities that the movement found its feet.
Trulli, madly, deeply
These little white houses with their odd conical roofs have been here for centuries but have some surprisingly innovative design elements.