6 Places That Tell the Story of Operation Hurricane

Not long after the end of the Second World War, a small and secretive cabinet committee took the decision that Britain should develop an atomic bomb.




A Brief History of Reinforced Concrete Buildings

Reinforcing concrete made highly complex large-scale structures possible.




Weston-super-Mare: the Town and its Seaside History

From a small village to a popular seaside resort, Weston has a distinct architecture and seaside history.




The History of the English Science Lab

The modern laboratory emerged in the 1680s when the University of Oxford built the first Ashmolean Museum.




A Guide to Traditional English Buildings

Traditional buildings, known as vernacular, originally made up the vast majority of the structures that ordinary people lived and worked in.