Robert Bargery

Books by Robert Bargery

The Battle for Better Design

The History of the Royal Fine Art Commission

Edited by Robert Bargery / Foreword by Lord Foster
Prince Albert was the first Chairman of the first Royal Fine Art Commission, appointed by Queen Victoria to commission art for the new Houses of Parliament. At the age of just twenty-two, he deftly navigated the complex project, leaving a remarkable artistic legacy and honing the skills that made...
This is Architecture

Writing on Buildings

We all consume architecture – it’s the one artform we can’t avoid. So it’s hardly surprising that the finest writers have applied their minds to it. Most of them aren’t architects, but their powers of perception are such that what they say gets under the skin of a building – and gives us a lesson...
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