archimaps:

Inside the staircase of the Hôtel of Prince Roland Bonaparte, Paris

nickkahler:

Henri Labrouste, Imaginary Reconstruction of an Ancient City, c. 1860

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nickkahler:

Tower of Babel, c. 1700 (via mythofblue)

Lunar Quarters

(Source: pjmix, via coumtransmissions)

booksnbuildings:

A series of maps from 1705, in the national library of France, depicting the growth of Paris from its humble beginnings as a Roman provincial town, Lutetia, to the French royal capital.

Big things have small beginnings.

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speciesbarocus:

Giovanni di Gherardo da Prato - Disegno con osservazioni sul tracciamento della Cupola di Santa Maria del Fiore (1426).

t-s-k-b:

[Old Venetian courtyard, Venice, Italy]

Anyone recognise or know anything about this church?

It is/was probably in Croydon, south London.

flasd:

Constantino Nivola’s Olivetti Office, 1954

(Source: justthedesign, via timetravelteam)

nickkahler:

Rodolfo Lanciani, Detailed Map of the Forum from the Forma Urbis Romae, Rome, Italy, 1893-1901

Hans Poelzig, Chemical Factory, Luban, Germany (now Poland), 1911

(via tentaclegarden)

mapsinchoate:

Plan d’un palais appartenant à la famille Gaddi, à Florence, vers 1560, musée des offices.

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mikasavela:

The White House during its reconstructing in 1950s, as nothing but the outer shell was left standing. The diagram shows the location of new spaces to be built. From Life Magazine, July 1952.

(via infiniteinterior)

mapsinchoate:

Agility Course Map for Sheep Dogs

daillest94:

Ancient Egyptian Capitals

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