An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style

Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture

A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new

Modernism has failed and it is time to return to diligent study of the best of traditional architecture

Attractive architecture should draw from the past while looking to the future

A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated

A fine tribute to an industrious architectural eccentric

A new book deconstructs nihilistic pretensions of intellectuals

A pivotal figure in the move against modernism

Mixed in with the whimsical, the eccentric and the downright weird, there are masterpieces