135 — Show and Tell — Enigmatic Ancient Pavilions

About Buildings + Cities by Luke Jones & George Gingell Discuss Architecture, History and Culture

Jan 29, 202600:50:50Arts

This episode takes a new format! Instead of fitting into a larger series or a particular theme, Luke and George simply chose two interesting pieces of architecture each that they wanted to discuss and draw out particular...

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