After the old Houses of Parliament burned down in 1834, there was a public competition to find a scheme for a replacement, which anyone could enter on payment of £1 for a copy of the site plans.

Here’s a look at Great Britain’s Houses of Parliament, located on the Thames River in London. Facts The meeting place of Great Britain’s bicameral legislature – composed of the House of Commons and ...

A full restoration of the historic Houses of Parliament is being "kicked down the road" risking a major disaster, it has been warned. Labour former cabinet minister Lord Hain again highlighted "a real ...

Emmanuel Macron urged Britain and France “to shoulder the burden of European security” together as he appealed for the two ...

It's over 400 years on from Guy Fawkes’ failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament, but the iconic building could be at risk of inferno once more. Shocking new figures reveal there have ...

The Houses of Parliament in London. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images file. May 17, 2023, 5:22 AM EDT / Source: The Associated Press. ... The roof leaks, century-old steam pipes burst, ...

Museum of Australian Democracy staff and project partners from the Old Parliament House Fire Remediation Project team are presented with a 2023 National Trust (ACT) heritage award.

Once the new Parliament building, part of the redevelopment of Central Vista, is inaugurated, India will in many ways, turn a page, since the opening of the old Parliament in 1927. "Today, you meet ...

Before India's tryst with destiny, chambers of the old Parliament under the British Raj were shaken by revolutionaries Bhagat Singh and BK Dutt in 1929, who hurled bomb in its chamber and dropped ...

History Of The Old Parliament Building. Originally known as the council house, the building is considered an icon of India’s democratic spirit.

The old parliament building was the House of the Imperial Legislative Council between 18 January 1927 and 15 August 1947. It was designed by British architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker; ...