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Theoretical Path

Origins of the Orders
- Huts and Temples
- Race, Gender, and the Orders
- Palatial Venice
- Nature the Gentlest Mother
Primitivism
- A is for Architecture
- Huts and Temples
- Gardens of Architectural Delights
- Gothic and Classic
- Nature the Gentlest Mother
Classicism
- The Villas of Pliny
- Classicism in the Early Christian Era
- Roman and Romanesque
- Romantic Classic Cities: London, Paris, Berlin, St Petersburg and Helsinki
- Nationalism and Architecture
- The Classicism of Le Corbusier, Mies, and Aalto
- Domestic Classicism 1890 – 1940
Principles of Design
- Etruria and Rome: Bricks and Mortar
- The Pilgrims’ Way to Santiago de Compostela
- Courtyards
- Palatial Venice
- Baroque Space, Movement, and Symbolism
- Tripartite Planning
- Rococo and Reaction
- George Dance and John Soane in Pursuit of Character
- Romantic Classic Cities: London, Paris, Berlin, St Petersburg and Helsinki
- Education and Architecture
- Nationalism and Architecture
- Nine Architects' Homes
- The Classicism of Le Corbusier, Mies, and Aalto
- Museums
- Domestic Classicism 1890 – 1940
Symbolic Meanings
- The Athenian Acropolis: The Mean between the Extremes
- The Villas of Pliny
- Classicism in the Early Christian Era
- “Sailing to Byzantium”
- Domes & Spires: St Peter’s Basilica & St Paul’s Cathedral
- Baroque Space, Movement, and Symbolism
- In the Footsteps of Saint Louis of France
- Medieval Churches
- Aspiring Steeples
- Gothic and Classic
Development of the Profession
- Palladio
- Michelangelo: Architecture As Body Language
- Architects, Books, and Libraries
- George Dance and John Soane in Pursuit of Character
- Architecture, Manufacture, and Metal
- Architects Learn/Architects Teach
- Education and Architecture
- Nine Architects' Homes
- Nature the Gentlest Mother

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