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Gledden Building, Perth, Western Australia

The Gledden Building is in the Perth CBD and was designed by architect Harold Boas. It was built in 1937 and 1938, and is named after Robert Gledden who had gifted the land that the building is on to The University of Western Australia in 1927. The…

Tags: arched windows, Art Deco, buttresses, Chicago, Commercial Gothic, crenellation, Gledden Building, Gothic, Harold Boas, New York, parapet, Perth, Robert Gledden, tower, Tribune Building, University of Western Australia, UWA, WA, Western Australia.

"Should the Warrior of Today Wear Armor?"

An article in the New York Times on September 19, 1915, advocating the use of armor/armour and citing the example of Ned kelly. The article was written by Bashford Dean, Curator of Armor at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Professor Dean notes…

Tags: Armor, Armour, Bashford Dean, highway man, knight, knighthood, knights, Metropolitan Museum, Ned Kelly, New York, New York Times, warfare

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