"It's in the family of theaters like Carnegie Hall and City Center, " said architectural historian Barry Lewis.

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Hilary Irvin, the commission's architectural historian, says these rules preserve the city's character and ensure that the tourists keep coming.

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But an Armenian architectural historian, Shagen Mkrtchyan, attributes them to Azeri architects and points out their borrowing of local Armenian elements.

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The village was set up in 1993 by architectural historian Julian Orbach and his wife Emma in the foothills of Mynydd Carningli.

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In this book Mrs Tuttle and Marcus Binney, an architectural historian, focus on the splendour of the rooms including the Art Deco marble master-bathroom and the sweep of the surrounding gardens, supported by four greenhouses.

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This once led the architectural historian William H.

WSJ: Prim Grandeur, Elegant Geometries | Charles Bulfinch | Lancaster Meetinghouse | By John Wilmerding

Mr. Amery is an architectural consultant, critic and historian based in London.

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