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We are continuing our series of student blogs with a number of reflections on the “Small Modernisms” symposium, a public…

Cartier Square Drill Hall, Ottawa, Department of Public Works, 1879-82. This was one of the buildings researched by HTA student…

A conversation with architect Barry Padolsky about the lantern tower at the Canadian Museum of Nature. The Canadian Museum of…

A conversation with Professor Pierre du Prey. Corinthian Capital, the Pantheon, Rome, ca. 125 CE. In the latest edition of…

Dear Mom and Dad, This is such an amazing place: the streets are canals, the buses are boats, and everything…

Conversation with Dr. John Goodall: the Castle Caernarfon Castle This is the fifth in my series of ‘medieval’ podcasts –…

I was delighted to give a public talk for Heritage Ottawa last March on the topic of Canadian Gothic. In…

The Life, Death and Cult of Thomas Becket: A Conversation with Dr. John Jenkins Canterbury Cathedral, from the East. I…

Professor Malcolm Thurlby on the Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculpture Professor Malcolm Thurlby Once upon a time, a young lad…

Dr. Hugh McCague on Geometry and Romanesque Design The spaces, volumes, complex curves and lines of medieval design were generated…

A Conversation with Professor John Osborne I'm teaching a course on medieval architecture and art this term, and I've decided…

A good education may begin in the classroom, but it doesn’t end there. I often say to students: whatever you…