Thirty-five years ago, when John Doherty was doing rehab work for a student housing company in Philadelphia, removing old plasterwork to make way for drywall (a type of board), he was struck by the ...

Stucco – the ancient art of decorative plasterwork – is alive and kicking and no longer preserve of the uber-rich. Belfast-based Stuccodore Paul Marlow An example of Marlow's contemporary Stucco ...

Sir, – I refer to your article “Hands on traditional skills and where to learn them” (Weekend Review, June 25th), which stated… Sir, – I refer to your article “Hands on traditional skills and where to ...

THIS double-fronted semi-detached period house in Dublin 6 has many of its original features, including decorative plasterwork and timber floors. The four-bedroom two-storey Victorian house, at 100 ...

America’s statehouses were built as living monuments to the power and prestige of the states. Many, reflecting the confidence and exuberance of the age, were designed to mimic Classical forms, often ...

From the outside, it looks like an immaculately restored brick period townhouse, which it is. Its ironwork, windows, and entry doors appear almost exactly as they did in the mid-19th century. Inside, ...