The above picture was taken in Gdansk today, 6th August 2018. The houses are beautiful with drain pipes, gargoyles, and windows. It’s hard to believe that this entire street and almost all of the old town of Gdansk was rebuilt after WWII based on drawings, paintings, and documents.
Weird wonders, including a prowl around Amsterdam’s cat museum, a truly deep Transylvanian theme park and ‘Stalin’s World’ in Lithuania, have made readers embrace the quirky.
Julian Worker has written a number of travel books including
Travels through History : France
Travels through History – The Balkans: Journeys in the former Yugoslavia
Travels through History – Northern Ireland and Scotland
From Britain to the Middle East and China, engineers and architects are pushing the boundaries of possibility as they strive to create the biggest and the best
A ‘horizontal’ residential development in Singapore takes the top prize at the 2015 World Architecture Festival
Attitudes to Alpine wilderness have changed in the 150 years since the Matterhorn was first climbed: these cutting-edge new buildings treat the mountains gently, while still looking great
There are no flashy baubles by famous names, as the contenders for the best building of the year reflect the chastened times in which they were designed
