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May 12, 2025
Architectural monuments of Belgium, 1915 – ‘Opulence in the worst distress’ TAGS: Architecture | Belgium | Jules Jacques van Ysendyck (1836-1901) | Karel Sluyterman (1863-1931) | Sir Robert Lorimer (1864-1929) A LOST BUT RECONSTRUCTED HERITAGE… FROM THE LIBRARY OF SIR ROBERT STODART LORIMER (1864-1929), ARCHITECT In the book collections curated by the CRC is the work entitled La Belgique monumentale: …Continue reading →
George McDonald Sutherland (1886-1917), architect TAGS: architects | Architecture | George McDonald Sutherland (1886-1917) | Sir Robert Lorimer (1864-1929) GEORGE MCDONALD SUTHERLAND AND HIS LOST ‘YEARS TO BE’… THE STORY OF A ROBBED CAREER. In his 1914 sonnets (III. The Dead), the war poet Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) wrote of …Continue reading →
Archival Provenance Project: Emily’s finds
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Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts
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Documentation Challenges in Practice: Art Collection Barcoding Project
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Sustainable Exhibition Making: Recyclable Book Cradles
In this post, our Technician, Robyn Rogers, discusses the recyclable book cradles she has developed...