Architecture

Final chance to rate your favourite restoration

Rate your favourite restoration this week as it’s your final chance to have a say in the Restoration of the Century Award

Dream House Week Three: Eco chic

In week three of Dream House we invite Jenny Humphreys to renovate a derelict farm

Dream House week two: Radical Classicism

Architect Craig Hamilton outlines his vision for the transformation of a rectory into a sculptor’s paradise

Architecture to make dreams come true

John Goodall introduces Country Life’s inspiring new series aimed at encouraging readers to think about improving their own properties

Ashdown House contents sale

The contents of one of England's most beautiful Queen Anne houses are to go under the hammer at Sotheby's

Steel windows and architecture

John Keleher relates the history of steel windows in British architecture

Great British Architects: Samuel Wyatt (1737-1807)

Working in the neo-classical manner, Samuel Wyatt was a consistently good architect as well as an accomplished businessman

Great British Architects: Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson 1817–75

Glasgow born Thompson was given to re-interpreting Ancient Greek architecture when Victorian Gothic was the dominant style

Website lists skilled craftsmen and companies who work on period and listed buildings

A new website features trade organisations, businesses, products and craftsmen qualified specifically to work on period and listed buildings

Great British Architects: Sir Robert Lorimer (1846–1929)

Lorimer was at the forefront of a renaissance of Scottish architecture at the turn of the 19th century

Great British Architects: Robert Adam

Comfort combined with elegance was the trademark of Robert Adam, one of the most influential architects ever to work in Britain

Great British Architects: William Kent

William Kent was an extraordinarily versatile architect who worked in many different styles as well as exploring garden design

Great British Architects: Sir Christopher Wren

One of the finest and best-loved architects ever to work in Britain, Sir Christopher Wren’s legacy will live on indefinitely

Ten outstanding places in the UK to visit this year

Country Life's architectural editor John Goodall picks his top 10 places in the UK to visit in 2009

Historic Houses president

The new president of the HHA is the owner of an estate that has passed by descent since Domesday and is also a country-house day-tripper

Great British Architects: Richard Norman Shaw

Shaw made a great contribution to the domestic architeture of both Victorian and Edwardian England

Great British architects: William Talman (1650-1719)

William Talman was England's most distinguished architect of the country house during the 17th century

The wartime role of Country houses

Crucial to our success in the Second World War, which began 70 years ago this year, British country houses became hotbeds of culture, military operations and, occasionally, local resistance, as Marcus Binney explains

Great british architects: Robert Smythson

Smythson brilliantly united two architectural universes

Great British Architects: Inigo Jones

Inigo Jones travelled extensively to see other forms of architecture all over the world and returned to tailor Classicism specifically to English needs