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Ethel Charles became the first woman architect to join the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), in 1898. However, Ethel’s path to becoming an architect and member of the RIBA was far from straight forward.

Every day, thousands of commuters using Bank station pass George Dance the Elder's grandiose Mansion House – do they know the treasures inside?

Former home to one of the largest banks in the world and now a hotel, this building still retains the feel of luxury and excess.

Completed in 1870 and designed by John Belcher, this Neo-Gothic-style building was home to a branch of jewellery company Mappin & Webb.

Before its demolition in 2010, to make way for Walbrook Square designed by Foster + Partners, Bucklersbury House had stood on its plot on Cannon Street for over 50 years.

We are celebrating London History Day with a week-long look at the changing urban environment around Number 1 Poultry, the subject of our current exhibition ‘Circling the Square’.

James Stirling was renowned for his clashing palette of primary colours which feature strikingly in his work. While mostly celebrated, his embrace and use of loud colours has sometimes put him at odds with those looking for a more muted palette, but has always left a bold impression on the people he met.

The design for Giles Gilbert Scott's classic telephone box, drawn on a linen sheet.

Was this Britain’s first example of ‘glass box’ architecture?

This is architecture that looks back to a Classical past. The roots of Classicism are in ancient Greek and Roman architecture - in the temple architecture of ancient Greece and in the religious, military and civic architecture of the Roman Empire.