8 Nick Woodford/ Alamy, 11 Herbie Springer/ Alamy, 12 Steve Hamblin/ Alamy, 14 Edifice/ Philippa Lewis, 17 Neil McAllister/ Alamy, 18 David Lawrence/ Alamy, 19 Nigel Reed/ Alamy, 20 Neil McAllistair/ Alamy, 21 Edifice/ Philippa Lewis, 23 Andy Marshall/ Alamy, 24 Geoff de Feu/ Alamy, 25 Jupiterimages, 26 Chris Hammond/ Alamy, 28 NTPL/ Bill Batten, 31 Image Source/ Alamy, 38 Edifice/ Caroline Knight, 40 Thinkstock/ Alamy, 45 Kristi J. Black/ Corbis, 46 Top right: David Newham/ Alamy, Bottom left: Comstock/ Corbis, 47 Jupiterimages, 48 TongRo Image Stock/ Brand X/ Corbis, 49 Wend Images/ Alamy, 50 Jupiterimages, 53 Diomedia/ Alamy, 54 Jupiterimages, 55 Bill Brooks/ Alamy, 57 Edifice/ Philippa Lewis, 59 Edifice/ Gillian Darley, 61 Globe Exposure/ Alamy, 64 Donald Corner & Jenny Young / GreatBuildings.com, 65 Ben Ramos/ Alamy, 67 Hulton Archive/ Hulton Archive/ Getty Images, 68 Author’s Image/ Alamy, 69 Peter Blundell Jones, 72 Tom Grill/ Corbis, 77 Corbis, 79 Douglas Schwartz/ Corbis, 81 Fotosonline/ Alamy, 83 David Martyn Hughes/ Alamy, 85 Glyn Thomas/ Alamy, 86 Adrian Sherratt/ Alamy, 87 Werner Otto/ Alamy, 88 James Kerr/ Alamy, 89 David Gowans/ Alamy, 91 Nigel Reed/ Alamy, 92 Nigel Hicks/ Alamy, 93 Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London, 95 Martin Bond/ Alamy, 97 Glenn Harper/ Alamy, 98 Rob Rayworth/ Alamy, 100 Pats Vigors, 101 Image Source/ Corbis, 104 James Kerr/ Alamy, 107 PictureNet Corporation/ Corbis, 108 image100/ Corbis, 111 Robert Harding Picture Library Ltd/ Alamy, 113 Jupiterimages, 116 NTPL/ Andreas von Einsiedel, 119 Peter Titmuss/ Alamy, 121 Hulton Archive/ Hulton Archive/ Getty Images, 122 Mark Karrass/ Corbis, 123 Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London, photograph by James Austin, 125 Jupiterimages, 126 Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society, 127 The Landmark Trust, 128 britainonview/Ingrid Rasmussen, 129 Steve Hamblin/ Alamy, 130 Edifice/ Philippa Lewis, 132 NTPL/ Andrew Butler, 133 Martin Charles, 134 Urbanmyth/ Alamy, 136 Directphoto.org/ Alamy, 139 Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London, 140 Jon Arnold Images/ Alamy, 141 Top left: Courtesy of Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Bottom right: Jupiterimages, 143 Harald Woeste/ Alamy, 144 Duncan McNeill/ Alamy, 147 Bildarchiv Monheim GmbH/ Alamy, 148 Edifice/ Adrian Forty, 150 Jon Arnold Images/ Alamy, 153 Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London, 157 Roy Lawe/ Alamy, 159 Adams Picture Library t/a apl / Alamy, 160 Jupiterimages, 161 ImageShop/ Corbis, 163 Adams Picture Library t/a apl / Alamy, 164 Zedfactory, 165 Werner Huthmacher, Berlin, 166 Simon Whittle, 168 Imageshop/ Alamy, 171 Urbanmyth/ Alamy, 172 Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library/ Alamy, 174 Evening Standard/ Hulton Archive/ Getty Images, 177 Quinlan & Francis Terry Architects, 178 Top left: Edmund Sumner, Bottom: Edward Cullinan Architects, 179 Comstock Select/ Corbis, 180 Hulton Archive/ Hulton Archive/ Getty Images, 181 Carl & Ann Purcell/ Corbis, 182 Mick Broughton/ Alamy, 184 Top right: www.london2012.org, Middle left: Central Press/ Hulton Archive/ Getty Images, 185 György Vadász/ Hungarian Embassy