Before & After in Oslo, Norway.

A soulless modernist building was renovated to sit comfortably with the character and architectural traditions of the city.

Same building, new face.

Implemented in 1986 by architects Sigmund Sontum and Piotr Choynowski.

Newly built homes in Virginia, USA.

“There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last”

- Sir Roger Scruton

“When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for” - John Ruskin

New houses in the Netherlands

Tradition is the future

Newly constructed houses in the Netherlands

Gloriously Rebuilt

300 years after it was destroyed during the Great Northern War, the old castle of Grodno has been beautifully reconstructed.

A beautiful example of Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture used for civic purposes.

Designed to compliment, but not overshadow, the Santa Barbara Courthouse.

The new District Attorney’s Office, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

New Classical architecture in Great Britain.

Poundbury, Dorset (photo by
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The modernists of the twentieth century destroyed many beautiful towns and cities - replacing homely streets and crafted buildings with soulless eyesores