Dreamland

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Burned 1911

Fenice

Venice, Italy

Arson 1996

Glasgow School of Art

Glasgow, Scotland, UK Burned 2019 The Glasgow School of Art’s Building (affectionately known as “The Mack”), was designed by Charles Rennie Mackinstosh and was completed in 1909 for what was then knowns as the Glasgow Government School of Design. In 2014, the building was severely damaged by fire and work on its restoration was almost […]

Luna Park

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Burned 1944

Milwaukee Exposition Building

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Burned 1905 The Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Building opened in 1881 as one of Milwaukee’s most spectacular buildings. Designed by Walter Holbrook of E. Townsend Mix Architects, the structure was a myriad of arches, windows, and spires and housed such varied spaces as a 6,000 seat music hall, a bicycle track, a fish […]

Pleasurama

Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK

Closed 1998

Powerscourt House

County Wicklow, Ireland Burned 1974 I gave the submission for Powerscourt House because I would have loved to have seen the paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds that were lost to the tragic fire in 1974. In particular these paintings had once been loaned to Sir Hugh Lane at one time for an exhibition and a letter […]