Emerson Chambers in Newcastle

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The Baroque style of architecture flourished in the Edwardian era, and numerous examples of this effusive, grandiose style can be found in the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne. The major example of Edwardian extravagance is Emerson Chambers (1903-4) on Blackett Street. This was primarily designed as a restaurant for the innkeeper Robert Emerson Junior, but it also contained a number of offices.

Emerson Chambers is an overpowering fusion of Baroque and Art Nouveau continued......

From: Baroque Extravaganza: Emerson Chambers in Newcastle By Michael Johnson 

The Dolmabahçe Palace in Turkey

I knew there was a reason that I loved this country. A new discovery for me, the Dolmabahçe Palace located on the European side of the Bosporus.

The palace served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1853 to 1922. Not only was the palace built with a price tag of five million Ottoman gold pounds, the equivalent of 35 tons of gold, but there are over 14 tons of gold in the form of gold leaf used to gild the ceilings of the palace.


The Dolmabahçe Palace was built in the style of "Baroque, Rococo and Neo-Classic traditions blended with Ottoman traditional art and culture to form a new approach. Functionally, on the other hand, it is appropriate to the traditional Ottoman palace life and also to the Turkish House features."