
Unusual Architecture - presented by Art History
Auditorium 115 Plan, Friday 19 Sep 2025, 10:30
- ends at 12:30
Roger Simpson presents a series of 6 talks
on some oddities of architectural history.
£10.00 per talk, £51.00 for all 6 bought in advance in one transaction.
September 12th. Solid Rock. The rock-cut churches of Lalibela and Cappadocia.
September 19th. Not What They Seem. Buildings that are other, or more, than they might appear to be. Petra and Sainte-Chapelle among others.
September 26th. Cities of the Dead. The Victorian “cult of death” and the monuments it produced.
October 3rd. Neuschwanstein: Ludwig’s fairytale world.
October 10th. Happy Holidays! The architecture of Fascist Holiday camps.
October 17th. Iron and Glass. The roots of modernity in 19th century Britain: the Crystal Palace and the railway station.