American cities were torn apart by freeways which replaced walkable streets with a dependence on the car

Kansas City

1960s Modernist ugliness removed to reveal hidden beauty.

1960s aluminium cladding being removed from the Hedrick Building in San Antonio, Texas, revealing its original Spanish Baroque decoration. The cladding won a Renovation of the Year award in 1963.

It can be done!

This new building in the French style was completed this year near Shanghai, China.

When will we see a new French style building in France?

Create places our ancestors would recognise and our children will be proud of. Beauty and Tradition Matters.

Rather than demolish the ugly 1960s building, they transformed it.

Before and After

This was designed in 2018 by Voith & Mactavish Architects for The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, USA.

Beauty Matters.

Never forget this.

In an age of ugliness, a work of beauty is an act of defiance.

The Yorkshire town of Bridlington says good riddance to modernism!

Almost every town has modernist scars of the 20th century. This example was skilfully converted into a traditional building which sits comfortably with its neighbours.

This is how you do it.

Before and after

Washington DC

French Beauty

Château de Versailles

Even in ruins, real architecture retains its beauty.

Beauty Matters

The modernist war against beauty.

A selection of town halls in Great Britain which have been demolished and replaced by synthetic eyesores.