In my new book, Modeling the Metropolis, I show how architectural models became a crucial communication tool in Victorian London ... and George Edmund Street's designs for the Royal Courts ...

Victorian London from 1850 to 1900 is the biggest city in the world.

When we look at paintings, photographs or illustrations of Victorian London, it’s difficult to appreciate just how smelly the city was during the mid-1800s. But what caused it? The answer is not ...