Olivia Horsfall Turner is an architectural historian and Senior Curator of Designs at the Victoria and Albert Museum
From Louis XIV to Catherine the Great, monarchs didn’t just commission ambitious projects, but also played a serious part in the design process
Pub landlord Frank Dowling has built a collection of museum-quality masterpieces and curios that testify to his love of London’s maritime history
Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz’s four-volume treatise, newly translated and edited, deserves to be more widely read
The designer’s interpretations of Chinese decorative art can now be found in the V&A
Plaster casts of monuments have long been an unfashionable feature in museums – but the art of copying may be coming into its own again
The Queen's House in Greenwich is steeped in so much history that curators have struggled to decide what to highlight. But now the problem seems to have been solved
John Betjeman called him 'dull' and William Morris dismissed his work, but Scott's reputation is bouncing back
