Magic numbers

By Francis Terry Francis Terry 2007-10-30T00:00:00

Source: Dennis Gilbert

Georgian architect William Wilkins used proportional theory to design the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds. It’s debatable how much its beauty owes to this, but not that Levitt Bernstein’s restoration is thoroughly in sympathy.

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